Principal Partner Engineer, Ecosystem

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design as a Principal Partner Engineer, Ecosystem. Collaborate with Canva's engineering teams in a remote work environment, shaping the direction of Canva's external platform surface and driving decisions with partners.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• Several years of experience in roles operating at the seam between partner engineering, platform engineering, and product
• Experience building developer platforms, not just evangelizing them
• Technical depth on the modern AI platform stack, including MCP, tool-use, agentic API design, and tradeoffs
• Ability to move fluidly between product roadmap conversations, system design discussions, and partner negotiations
• Strong communication skills, with ability to resolve misalignments by writing clearly
• Experience working in heterogeneous product stacks that move fast
• Hands-on experience shipping or integrating with MCP (Anthropic, OpenAI, Copilot, or Gemini flavours)
• Strong TypeScript skills, with comfort across front-end (React) and server-side JavaScript
• Ability to read and understand Java backend code
• Track record of turning ambiguous partner signal into crisp engineering decisions

Benefits

• Equity packages
• Inclusive parental leave policy
• Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance for wellbeing and social connection
• Flexible leave options
• Remote work environment

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