Backend Engineer (Java), Media Platform - Global Content and Discovery — The Rocks, Sydney

This is a Backend Engineer (Java), Media Platform - Global Content and Discovery role with one of the leading companies in AU right now Canva with an amazing team. They are continuing to grow rapidly. This is the chance to join right as the takes off. More About the Role at Canva Where and how you can work Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals. What you'd be doing in this role As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve. Job Description At the moment, this role is focused on: • Building and maintaining scalable, distributed backend systems that store and deliver billions of pieces of content • Working with cross-functional teams to improve content storage performance, reliability and scalability • Supporting content replication, redundancy and disaster recovery processes • Driving improvements in observability and alerting for mission-critical services • Developing internal tools and platforms that empower other engineering teams • Participating in on-call rotations and helping improve incident response processes You're probably a match if • You have hands-on experience developing and maintaining backend systems using Java • You’re passionate about building high-performance, scalable systems • You enjoy debugging tough problems across distributed systems and love solving them collaboratively • You're comfortable working with infrastructure and understand concepts like storage layers, caching, and CDN • You care about performance, code quality, testing and documentation • You're a proactive communicator who enjoys working in a collaborative environment About the team Canva's Media Platform is at the core of delivering value to our users, underpinning some of our most critical features and business priorities and is integral to many of the top-priority company goals. it supports essential functionality across the Canva platform, enables seamless design creation, and addresses cross-group challenges by providing scalable solutions. The Storage & Distribution team plays a vital role within Media Platform, building infrastructure that powers how design ingredients are stored, accessed, and distributed throughout Canva. With our user base growing exponentially and important enterprise initiatives on the horizon, we want to move fast on developing a strong foundation in this space. If you don’t think you're a perfect fit, you should still sign up to Hatch and create a profile, we'll match you to other roles that suit your profile. Hatch exists to level the playing field for people as they discover a career that’s right for them. We model this in our hiring process for our partners like Canva. ✅ Applying here is the first step in the hiring process for this role at Canva. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, cultural identity, disability, age, or any other non-merit factors. To put it simply, Hatch is for everyone.