Sydney, Australia Hybrid

Canva is hiring a Security Engineer - Trust & Safety

About the Role

Role details below.

Responsibilities

  • Proactively investigate Fraud & Abuse risks across product surfaces, including account takeover, content abuse, bots attacks, account subscriptions abuse, and emerging abuse vectors.
  • Monitor signals and trends to identify new or evolving abuse patterns before they escalate into major incidents.
  • Engage early with product teams to review new features and surfaces for potential abuse risks, helping embed safety and fraud considerations into design decisions.
  • Build and improve detection alerts, anomaly signals, and logging to strengthen early identification of fraud and safety risks.
  • Support threat modeling and risk assessments for new launches, especially where new capabilities may introduce novel vulnerabilities.
  • Partner cross-functionally with engineering, product, policy, and operations to implement scalable abuse mitigations across systems and workflows.
  • Lead proactive abuse mitigation efforts by identifying emerging abuse vectors, rallying teams around risk areas, and driving detection and prevention improvements through post-incident learnings.
  • Contribute to improving T&S tooling, detection systems, and operational processes to better prevent and mitigate fraud and abuse at scale.

Requirements

  • You have 3–5 years of experience in security engineering, detection and response, threat intelligence, or related domains.
  • You have strong investigative skills with the ability to analyse logs and identify abuse patterns.
  • You have working knowledge of SQL and basic data analysis to support investigations and signal validation.
  • You are familiar with product telemetry and common abuse signals (e.g. login anomalies, automation patterns).
  • You are comfortable writing and reviewing code in Python, Java, or equivalent.
  • You have the ability to collaborate effectively with Data Scientists and Analytics Engineers when deeper analysis is required.
  • You have interest in engaging with product teams to identify and mitigate abuse risks in new features.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with fraud, abuse prevention is a plus.
  • You have hands-on experience using AI in your work to drive greater impact.

Benefits

  • Equity packages
  • Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
  • An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
  • Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

Compensation

Equity packages

Additional Information

  • Interviews are conducted virtually.
  • Candidates are encouraged to specify their pronouns and any reasonable adjustments needed during the interview process.
  • AI skills are assessed during the hiring proces
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Job Details
Department Trust & Safety
Category security
Posted 4 months ago