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Canva

Principal Software Engineer – User Platform

Canva

. Lead the technical direction for video technology across various teams .

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeRemote • 🇦🇺 AustraliaLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead the technical direction for video technology across various teams
  • Own the technical direction for complex cross-cutting programmes
  • Provide credible technical leadership to multiple teams
  • Architect and oversee the migration of access checks into a new platform
  • Make high-stakes technical trade-offs for critical infrastructure
  • Mentor and technically enable the broader engineering team
  • Represent User Platform's technical strategy at executive and cross-group levels

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Deep expertise in Identity & Access Management at scale
  • Experience designing and operating Zanzibar-style authorisation systems (e.g. SpiceDB, Google Zanzibar, OPA)
  • Proven track record of driving platform adoption across large engineering organisations (300+ engineering teams)
  • Strong system architecture and technical leadership skills
  • Experience decomposing and evolving monolithic services in production
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor and elevate senior engineers

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity packages — we want our success to be yours too
  • Inclusive parental leave policies supporting all parents & carers
  • An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance supporting wellbeing, social connection, and office setup
  • Flexible leave options empowering you to recharge and thrive

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Hard Skills & Tools
Identity & Access ManagementZanzibar-style authorisation systemsSpiceDBGoogle ZanzibarOPAsystem architecturemonolithic servicestechnical leadership
Soft Skills
mentoringtechnical enablementcredible technical leadership