Principal Cloud Engineer, Tooling

Canva is hiring a Principal Cloud Engineer, Tooling to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Principal Cloud Engineer, Tooling, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a contract, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — Anywhere in the US). About the role You'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure, partnering with a friendly, distributed team across US time zones. We care about outcomes over hours and give you the autonomy, tools, and support to do your best work from home. What you'll do: • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Partner with engineering on scalability and security • Monitor systems and respond to incidents • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code What we offer: • Annual learning and professional development budget • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage • Flexible working hours across US time zones • 401(k) retirement plan with company match • Paid parental leave How we work We're remote-first and async-friendly. Expect clear documentation, regular feedback, supportive teammates, and real opportunities to grow your career. Canva is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Minimum qualifications: • 7+ years of experience, including leading teams or projects • On-call and incident response experience • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar • Strong troubleshooting skills • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure Nice to have: • Familiarity with modern collaboration tools (Slack, Notion, Linear) • Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment