Canva
2021/2022 Summer Software Engineering (Javascript Frontend) Intern - Expression of Interest
Sydney & remote Australia location
Opportunity expired
Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- 20-30 vacancies
- Apply by 28 Feb 2021
At Canva, we work every day to make a significant positive impact on society. Our mission is to democratise design and empower creativity for everyone on every computing platform!
Since launch in April 2013 we have grown exponentially, amassing over 10 million users in over 100 languages, making us one of the world's fastest growing technology companies. We're growing rapidly and building a product that users really love -- just check out Twitter!
As a Software Engineering Intern, you will have the opportunity to learn from engineers who has worked with the likes of Google, JetBrains, Yandex, Atlassian, Amazon, Facebook, and other popular technology houses from all over the world. You will get the opportunity to learn and apply best-practice software engineering, focused on strong software engineering fundamentals and pragmatism. You will have the opportunity to do meaningful work and build features and functionality that impacts millions of users around the world. To dig into the in and outs of engineering at Canva, here's an article written by our CTO, Dave, discussing how we get things done.
We have internships on both the Product Frontend and Backend Engineering.
If your preference is Backend, you'll be working on a massive distributed backend environment - built on Java microservices, hosted on AWS, and utilizing a variety of tools, technologies, services, and libraries. For Frontend, you'll be working on a fat client layer, built on Native JavaScript and a new React Mobx Typescript stack, We've got some nifty bespoke components that do a bit of magic as well!
What you need to have:
- Currently within 12-18 months of completing a Bachelor's or Master's degree, at any stage in your PhD, or have completed software engineering/web development certifications
- Strong Computing and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Fundamentals
- Comfortable working in Java and/or Javascript
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Desire to learn and grow as a technologist
- Less than a year of full-time software engineering experience outside of internships.
Unfortunately, Canva does not sponsor immigration visas for internships at this time.
It would be awesome if you also have:
- AWS or Google Cloud experience
- Experience working with databases - SQL and/or NoSQL is fine!
Reviews
Love 85-90% of the work I get to do. 10-15% less enjoyable bureaucracy / 'keeping the lights on' work that is required.
As a backend engineer, I mainly work closely with maintaining the server, including the interaction with the database and cache. I also apply software development techniques when writing code.
I am currently working as an Associate Machine Learning Engineer. My responsibility includes maintaining existing deployed ML models in Canva and developing new ones to help users get a better experience. Sometimes it involves some data analysis as well as research.
About the employer
Canva
4.7
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Technology
Canva is a global online visual communications platform designed to empower the world to design.
Pros and cons of working at Canva
Pros
The culture and work-life balance at Canva is amazing! It helps me unlock my full working potential as I am encouraged to work at my own pace and to the best of my comfort.
Work hours are flexible as you can work at your own pace which boosts your efficiency the most. You can work fully remotely or in the office depending on your choice.
I get to work with very talented people and solve interesting problems at scale.
Free food, club activities, and events can sometimes seem too good to be true. Additionally, the company is flexible and trusting of different working schedules.
The company is extremely committed to diversity.
Cons
If you live in an area that does not have a hub or office, there will be less interaction unless you go to the office. This makes it hard for people to network and meet up regularly.
Working at a large company often means you specialise in a narrow set of tools, which can limit your exposure compared to working at a smaller startup.
Can be a fast-paced, stressful environment when launches are approaching.
Currently, I think my daily job involves much busy work without much time to understand the context.
Being remote first, although this is another really great benefit, I sometimes wish I could see my teammates more in person.