Lead Security Engineer, Canva
Incident Response
Publishing and design platform
Job no longer available
Publishing and design platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower the world to design.
Role
Who you are
- First and foremost, have a curious detective mindset and be driven to solve ambiguous problems with simple solutions
- Experience in leading a team and the people management tasks that come with it
- Proven experience in Security - Engineering, Operations, Incident Response, Analysis, or Threat Research
- Knowledge of web protocols, common attacks, and a working knowledge of Linux/Unix tools and architecture
- Exposure to the cloud! Ideally AWS, but GCP or Azure would be completely fine!
- Documentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills; the ability to work alongside technical and non-technical colleagues
- The ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects in a dynamic environment
What the job involves
- Lead a small team of security engineers in Europe
- Act as the escalation point for security & privacy incidents in Europe
- Actively respond to security events from detection through to resolution, including the rollout of solutions and mitigations to prevent a recurrence
- Actively monitor Canva’s internal and production systems for possible attacks and intrusions
- Proactively run threat detection exercises and search for anomalous behaviorBuild out and develop the tools and foundations for security incident alerting, management, communication, and response
- Maintain incident response documentation, participate in post incident reviews, and contribute to incident reports
- Participate in the on-call roster for security incident response
- Assist in the promotion of a security mindset and the establishment of best practices with across a wide range of security areas: secure development, cryptography, network security, security operations, and incident response
- Identify trends, research, new technologies, and emerging threats models, which may impact the business
- Contribute to projects that enhance the security positioning of the business
Application process
- When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process
- Please note that interviews are conducted virtually
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Launched in 2013, Canva is a free online visual communications and design platform. It features a vast range of templates including presentations, websites, and social media graphics, plus a huge library of fonts, stock photography, illustrations, video footage, and audio clips.
With the aim to empower 100% of the world to communicate in ways that were once limited to the 1%, Canva was founded on the belief that people shouldn’t need to understand complex software to unlock their creativity. Simplicity is central to Canva’s offering, its straightforward drag-and-drop user interface avoiding complex tools that require training. This approach has been hugely popular and has been key in setting the company apart in the market, with over 90% of the Fortune 500 now using the site.
More recently, Canva has broadened its offerings through a number of acquisitions and now offers a full visual communications platform, featuring stock content, innovative editing features, and data visualization. Zeetings, Pexels & Pixabay, Kaleido, Smartmockups and Flourish have all joined Canva, and the business is well set to continue leading and innovating in the space.
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Insights
56% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 12 rounds)
May 2024
$400m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Sep 2021
$200m
LATE VC
Total funding: $968.6m
Company benefits
- 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
Company HQ
Surry Hills, NSW
Leadership
Cameron Adams
(Co-Founder & CPO)Cameron studied at the University of Melbourne before working as a Developer and Designer for Eclipse and Google for a combined 5 years. They then founded Fluent.io in 2011, and Canva in July 2012.
Melanie Perkins
(Co-Founder & CEO)Having studied at the University of Western Australia, Melanie first founded Fusion Books in 2007 and and co-founded Canva in 2012. Melanie is now CEO of Canva.
Cliff Obrecht
(Co-Founder & COO)Having studied at the University of Western Australia, Cliff spent 5 years as Managing Director of Fusion Books. They left this role in 2013, having co-founded Canva with Melanie and Cameron the previous year.
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