Senior Platform Engineer (Golang, Kubernetes) open to remote across ANZ

Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

Hey, gday, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte!

Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and youre probably keen to find out whats on offer, so well get straight to the point.

Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and coworking spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work. That means if you want to do your thing in the office (if youre near one), at home or a bit of both, its up to you.

What you’d be doing in this role

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think thats all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things youll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Coding in GoLang to build and deploy products that run across multiple Kubernetes clusters
• Be oncall for the team’s products and drive operational excellence
• Working with our stakeholders across Security, Product, and other Platform teams to understand their needs as we forge Canva’s platform products.
• Developing yourself and your team members

• Youre probably a match if

  • You have strong Computer Engineering Science knowledge around fundamentals and first principles relating to concurrency, multithreading, data structures, architecture, and various design patterns
  • You have advanced skills in software and network engineering.
    • Experience with GoLang
    • Understanding of Cloud Networking in providers like AWS, GCP, or Azure
    • • You have experience in deploying and operating a Service Mesh in Kubernetes
      • You have a working understanding of Kubernetes and Kubernetes networking.
        • Understanding of CNI, Ingress, and MultiCluster networking
        • Understanding of networking protocols e.g. IP, DNS, TLS, and mTLS.
        • • You have experience working with cloud infrastructure platforms to create a foundation for building secure, reliable, and performant systems.
            • Experience with Kubernetes controllers and reconcile loop architecture
            • Knowledge of web application architecture in the context of cloud providers.
            • Experience using manifest generation tools, like Helm or Jsonnet, to manage cloud infrastructure.
            • • You have experience as a software engineer building platform products to accelerate and empower engineers to achieve crazy big goals.
              • You have handson experience using AI in coding programming to drive greater impact

              • About the team
                
                The Workload Integration team is responsible for workload identity, application networking, dynamic configuration, and internal PKI. The team is part of the Cloud Platform Group, which comprises approximately 80 Software Engineers, and their goal is to enable the safe, secure, and reliable operation of canva.com and internal workloads. Cloud Platform’s mission is to reduce the complexity of using the Cloud (we use AWS) so that engineers can focus on their domains. We build products to support engineers across the company to easily provision and configure Cloud resources, and release, run, and operate workloads. Our goal is to ensure its all done as simply and securely as possible.
                
                Whats in it for you?
                
                Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard and we do but youll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity, and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a stack of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.
                
                Heres a taste of whats on offer:

                • Equity packages we want our success to be yours too
                • Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
                • An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
                • Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge, and supports you personally

                • Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.
                  
                  Other stuff to know

                  We see AI as a powerful amplifier of creativity and technology at Canva. We’re evolving how we assess AI skills in our Technology hiring experience you’ll tackle interactive, realtime challenges that reflect the kind of work we do. In some interviews, you may also be asked to solve a problem using an AI tool to show how you approach challenges with tech by your side. Your recruitment partner will walk you through what to expect. We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture.

                  When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process. We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva, so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above we still want to hear from you!

                  
                  Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.