Senior Backend Software Engineer - Java - RPC (Remote across ANZ)

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Requirements:

• Five-plus (5+) years of commercial experience developing sophisticated distributed web applications on the JVM, primarily using Java 17.
• Familiarity with asynchronous or reactive programming techniques.
• Comfortable with computer science fundamentals such as concurrency, data structures, and distributed systems.
• Experience in large distributed cloud environments, ideally AWS.
• Disciplined coding practices and experience with code reviews.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Knowledge of RPC frameworks like Finagle, Thrift, or gRPC is a plus.
• Understanding of networking protocols such as TCP, HTTP 2, etc.
• Knowledge of resiliency techniques and patterns.

Responsibilities:

• As an individual contributor, design and implement tools and libraries to improve the reliability of Canva's microservices.
• Conduct and organize reliability experiments to identify failure scenarios and verify reliability measures.
• Design and build services that ensure optimal performance and resilience of microservices.
• Facilitate cross-team initiatives to enhance reliability, velocity, and security.
• Investigate production incidents and apply learnings to code.
• Research and justify design choices for future features.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and propose innovative solutions for future-proofing infrastructure.