Principal Production Engineer

Responsibilities

• Define the Production Engineering engagement model and handoff processes
• Lead technically complex engagements involving sharding, multi-region architecture, and JVM performance
• Set the technical bar and standards for production engineering at Canva
• Develop pairing strategies to grow engineering capability across the organization
• Influence the product roadmap to ensure production readiness upstream
• Define and track metrics for incident severity, duration, and feature launch success

Requirements

• Experience owning reliability in large-scale distributed systems
• Proven technical leadership in embedded or cross-functional engineering models
• Deep hands-on coding experience in Java, Go, Rust, C++, or similar systems languages
• Strong understanding of Linux internals (process scheduling, memory, I/O, network stack)
• Expertise in distributed systems (sharding, replication, consensus, circuit breakers)
• Proficiency with observability tooling, Kubernetes, and AWS
• Experience with performance analysis and profiling JVM applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Enterprise SaaS background
• Deep JVM internals knowledge, including GC tuning
• Experience with multi-region architecture or large-scale data store migrations

Benefits

• Equity packages
• Inclusive parental leave policy
• Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance
• Flexible leave options

About the Company

Canva is a global design platform redefining how the world experiences design, supporting hundreds of millions of users worldwide.