Canva
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How Canva hires
Truth index
B 75/100
Median time to fill
33 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
Canva scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 13 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 33 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Visa sponsorship
- United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 11
- United Kingdom · Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker)
Overview
Canva is an Australian design company founded in Sydney in 2013 by Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht and Cameron Adams, built on the observation that most people who need to make something look good will never learn professional design software. Its browser-based editor combines templates, drag-and-drop editing and a vast stock library so that presentations, social posts, documents and videos can be produced by people with no design training. The platform now serves well over two hundred million monthly users across free, subscription and enterprise tiers, has added the Magic Studio generative AI features and whiteboards, and acquired the professional design suite Affinity in 2024.
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Canva over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
203
Postings analysed
409
Stack modernity
79/100AI adopter
Languages
Java21%
JavaScript21%
C++17%
Python15%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js17%
React Native14%
PyTorch3%
Flutter2%
Databases
Snowflake3%
DynamoDB1%
ElasticSearch<1%
OpenSearch<1%
Cloud & platforms
AWS14%
Kubernetes8%
GCP6%
Expo5%
AI & ML
LLM7%
Core ML2%
Claude2%
ChatGPT1%
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Full Canva tech stack
203 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$280k
Typical range
$146k – $426k
Open positions
11
11
Jobs
Senior
72.7%
Staff
18.2%
Principal
9.1%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 8 | $270k | $146k – $306k |
| Staff | 2 | $397k | $367k – $426k |
| Principal | 1 | $420k | $420k |
Highest paying role
Head of Commercial Legal
$426k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Canva
By role, level and city, against the market · 11 jobs with pay
Products
Affinity
Affinity is the professional design suite Canva acquired in 2024, covering photo editing, vector illustration and publishing. It gives the company a foothold with trained designers.
affinity.serif.com
Enterprise
The enterprise tier adds brand controls, approval workflows, single sign-on and usage analytics. Large organisations use it to keep distributed teams on brand.
canva.com
Docs and Whiteboards
Docs and Whiteboards extend Canva from visual assets into collaborative documents and planning surfaces. They put the company in direct competition with office suites.
canva.com
Magic Studio
Magic Studio bundles the platform's generative AI features for writing, image generation, background removal and video editing. It is embedded throughout the editor rather than sold separately.
canva.com
Design Editor
The browser-based editor is the core product, combining templates, drag-and-drop editing and a large stock library. It lets people with no design training produce professional-looking material.
canva.com
People
Melanie Perkins
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Melanie Perkins co-founded Canva in 2013 and leads it as chief executive. She started with a school yearbook design business that revealed how inaccessible professional design tools were.
Cliff Obrecht
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Cliff Obrecht co-founded Canva and runs its operations. He and Melanie Perkins have pledged the large majority of their shareholding to charity.
Cameron Adams
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Cameron Adams co-founded Canva and leads its product organisation. He was previously a Google engineer working on interface design.
Clifford Obrecht
Executive Officer, Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
84/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
86
32 opened / 156 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
34 days
faster than 37% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
22%
Sales
14% ▲
Marketing
9% ▼
Frontend
7%
AI/ML
6% ▼
Operations
5%
Actively hiring for Sales (+15 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Singapore
Sep 2026
Added SOAP to stack
Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack
Sep 2026
Added SIEM to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added DLP to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added Slack to stack
Sep 2026
Added Monday.com to stack
Sep 2026
Added PHP to stack
Sep 2026
Added WordPress to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
19
Hiring now
19
Countries
16
Busiest office
Sydney
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Sydney
Australia
HQ
18 open roles 117 posted in 90 days 44% engineering 6% remote 500-1000 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Sales, Backend
San Francisco
United States
Corporate office
11 open roles 42 posted in 90 days 9% engineering 200-500 est. staff $298k Avg Salary
hires for Legal, Sales, AI/ML
Austin
United States
Sales office
8 open roles 25 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Sales, Customer Success
Beijing
China
Engineering / R&D
5 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 80% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Product
Melbourne
Australia
Engineering / R&D
4 open roles 31 posted in 90 days 75% engineering 25% remote 200-500 est. staff
hires for DevOps, AI/ML, Legal
London
United Kingdom
Sales office
4 open roles 21 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Sales, Marketing
Makati
Philippines
Corporate office
4 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for HR, Management, Sales
Berlin
Germany
Sales office
4 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales, Marketing
Seoul
South Korea
Sales office
4 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Legal
Brisbane
Australia
2 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 100% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for DevOps
Milan
Italy
2 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $160k Avg Salary
hires for Marketing
Paris
France
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Sales
Tokyo
Japan
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing
Bengaluru
India
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Operations
Istanbul
Turkey
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing
Amsterdam
Netherlands
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Operations
Warsaw
Poland
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing
Madrid
Spain
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing
Prague
Czech Republic
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Operations
Earlier presence
Vienna, Austria
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
New York, United States
Delhi, India
Johannesburg, South Africa
Vijayawada, India
Jobs
≈ $109k – $231k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Australia) • Full-Time • Sydney
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≈ $164k – $348k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Sydney
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≈ $119k – $308k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (Australia) • Full-Time • Brisbane
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≈ $126k – $327k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • Melbourne
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≈ $119k – $310k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • Sydney
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≈ $143k – $331k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (Australia) • Full-Time • Adelaide
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≈ $143k – $331k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (Australia) • Full-Time • Brisbane
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≈ $152k – $351k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • Melbourne
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≈ $144k – $333k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • Sydney
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≈ $34k – $90k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Beijing
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≈ $161k – $390k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • Sydney
RLHF
Multimodal AI
AI Agents
Post-training
Agentic Workflows
RLAIF
Reward Modeling
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Financials
Total raised
$1.8B
Latest round
Secondary Market
Funding rounds
4
Investors
5
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secondary Market | 2025 | $1.5B | $42B |
| Series D | 2021 | $200M | $40B |
| Series C | 2019 | $85M | $3.2B |
| Series A | 2015 | $15M | — |
Key Investors
ICONIQ Growth
ICONIQ Growth co-led Canva's 2021 financing. It invests on behalf of technology entrepreneurs and family offices.
iconiqcapital.com
Felicis
Felicis was among Canva's earliest backers. The firm invests in founders building category-defining products.
felicis.com
Bessemer Venture Partners
Bessemer Venture Partners invested across Canva's growth rounds. The firm has a long record in cloud and consumer software.
bvp.com
Sequoia Capital China
Sequoia Capital China, now HongShan, co-led Canva's 2021 round at a forty billion dollar valuation. It had backed the company in earlier financings.
hongshan.com
Blackbird Ventures
Blackbird Ventures was Canva's first institutional investor and the position became the defining return in Australian venture capital. The firm backed the company when local software funding was scarce.
blackbird.vc