Drive decisions and alignment across Partners and Canva engineering
Explain why a partner's proposed solution won't work, generate realistic options, and drive decisions
Set technical direction for Canva's external platform surface
Ground partner conversations in working code
Validate proposed solutions against Canva's real architecture
Sketch what a change could look like in code
Drive product-line engineering across our external platform surfaces
Shape strategic partner and customer engagements

10+ years of software engineering experience
Experience in roles operating at the seam between partner engineering, platform engineering, and product
Built developer platforms, not just evangelised them
Shipped code in production on platforms used by external developers
Technically deep on the modern AI platform stack
Real opinions on MCP, tool-use, agentic API design, and tradeoffs between them
Experience shipping or integrating with MCP (Anthropic, OpenAI, Copilot, or Gemini flavours) is great
Strong TypeScript, comfortable across front-end (React) and server-side JavaScript
Ability to read a Java backend even if you don't want to write one
Track record of turning ambiguous partner signal into crisp engineering decisions

Equity packages
we want our success to be yours too
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

Principal Solution Engineer, Ecosystem

Key skills