Canva
Senior Threat Detection Engineer - Tooling and Automation (ANZ remote)
Found: January 21, 2026
Location:
Sydney, Australia (Hybrid work options available)
What you'll do:
- Lead detection engineering initiatives from threat research to production deployment.
- Participate in incident response and alert triage activities.
- Collaborate with various teams to translate threat intelligence into actionable detections.
- Implement detection-as-code practices and design automated workflows.
- Architect and maintain security platform infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code.
You're probably a match if you have:
- 5+ years of experience in security engineering or related fields.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or Go.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise security platforms (SIEM, EDR, SOAR).
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
About the team:
The Detection & Response organization is responsible for protecting Canva from security threats through proactive detection engineering and incident response.