Senior Python Software Engineer (Backend Workflows Team) - open to remote across ANZ

Canva

1d • Remote

About The Position

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. This role is focused on shaping the Python language ecosystem with a strong product and platform mindset, defining clear development patterns and documentation in partnership with Infra and Product teams to support Canva’s broader AI strategy. You will be architecting, building and delivering high-impact solutions that uplift the Python developer experience at Canva, ensuring high standards of engineering excellence. You will advocate for Python engineering best practices across the organization, influencing teams and aligning development patterns to Canva’s long-term strategy. You will develop internal observability tooling and metrics that give the team actionable insights, enabling informed, targeted decisions on where to invest in the Python ecosystem. You will drive org-wide ecosystem migrations and tooling transformations, owning design, rollout, telemetry, communication, and long-term maintenance strategies. You will shape and execute the long-term vision for IDE developer tooling, ensuring our tools evolve to meet the needs of Python engineers and industry trends. We are on a mission to elevate Python into a first-class experience across Canva, unlocking the full potential of our ML/AI and backend engineering teams. As a Senior Python Software Engineer in Backend Workflows, you will lead the design and delivery of workflows, tooling, and best practices that make Python development fast, reliable, and frictionless. Your work will shape how engineers write, test, build, and operate Python code everyday at scale - directly empowering teams who are building the AI-powered capabilities that define Canva’s future. We work closely with ML, backend, and platform engineers to deeply understand their challenges and craft solutions that accelerate their impact. This is a highly influential role where your contributions will have broad, long-lasting impact on Canva’s engineering velocity and AI strategy.

Requirements

• Expert-level Python experience, with familiarity in modern development ecosystems and tools such as Bazel being a plus.
• Demonstrated leadership and ownership of complex, high-impact engineering initiatives, with a strong sense of accountability for outcomes.
• Deep commitment to engineering excellence and systems architecture, with the ability to design for scale, reliability, and strong non-functional foundations.
• Extensive experience with containerization, Terraform, and GitOps, and a solid understanding of how to build and operate production-grade infrastructure.
• Background in integrating ML applications into platform or backend systems, with an understanding of AI/ML toolchains and their operational requirements.
• Ability to translate customer and developer needs into impactful technical solutions, applying a product mindset to improve developer experience at scale.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity in modern development ecosystems and tools such as Bazel.

Responsibilities

• Shaping the Python language ecosystem with a strong product and platform mindset, defining clear development patterns and documentation in partnership with Infra and Product teams to support Canva’s broader AI strategy.
• Architecting, building and delivering high-impact solutions that uplift the Python developer experience at Canva, ensuring high standards of engineering excellence.
• Advocating for Python engineering best practices across the organization, influencing teams and aligning development patterns to Canva’s long-term strategy.
• Developing internal observability tooling and metrics that give the team actionable insights, enabling informed, targeted decisions on where to invest in the Python ecosystem.
• Driving org-wide ecosystem migrations and tooling transformations, owning design, rollout, telemetry, communication, and long-term maintenance strategies.
• Shaping and executing the long-term vision for IDE developer tooling, ensuring our tools evolve to meet the needs of Python engineers and industry trends.
• Lead the design and delivery of workflows, tooling, and best practices that make Python development fast, reliable, and frictionless.
• Shape how engineers write, test, build, and operate Python code everyday at scale.
• Empower teams who are building the AI-powered capabilities that define Canva’s future.
• Work closely with ML, backend, and platform engineers to deeply understand their challenges and craft solutions that accelerate their impact.

Benefits

• Equity packages
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed