Senior Finance Systems Engineer - Integration & Automation

Senior Finance Systems Engineer - Integration & Automation Full-time Recruitment type: Permanent Job Description Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte! Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point. Where and how you can work Our flagship Sydney campus is uniquely Canva - an extension of our Surry Hills neighbourhood. It’s a thoughtfully designed space with plenty of room to collaborate, focus, and connect.

This role is based in Sydney, and we’re looking for someone who calls it home. Our hybrid way of working gives you the flexibility to work remotely, and to come together on campus for meaningful in-person collaboration and connection when it matters most. We trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals. What you’d be doing in this role As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve. As the Senior Finance Systems Engineer – Integration & Automation, you will lead the design, build, and operation of AI, workflow, automation, and integration solutions across the Finance Systems footprint. Your responsibilities will include: Own the architecture and design of integration, workflow, and automation solutions across Finance Systems-supported platforms, with Workato as the primary delivery surface. Build and operate those solutions end to end, including on-call support, incident response, and continuous improvement as part of ongoing ownership. Drive AI and automation adoption across the Finance Systems footprint, identifying and delivering opportunities where AI, workflow, and automation can replace manual effort, strengthen controls, and unlock new ways for Finance to operate. Lift the integration and automation capability of the wider Finance Systems team, by setting patterns and standards covering error handling, observability, retry logic, idempotency, secrets management, and documentation. Partner with platform engineers, Finance stakeholders, Technical Program Managers, Business Analysts, and implementation partners to translate business requirements into well-architected solutions. Maintain SOX and ITGC controls across the integration and automation layer, including change management, sandbox strategy, regression testing, release governance, test evidence, audit support, and remediation. Act as the design partner when new platforms or automation tooling are evaluated or onboarded, so they land cleanly into the Finance Systems footprint from day one. You're probably a match if you have We are looking for a talented, outcome-driven engineer with a strong core in integration engineering and a clear orientation toward where automation and AI are taking the discipline. The ideal candidate will bring depth in some of the following and the appetite to grow into the rest: 5+ years in systems engineering, integration engineering, or a similar role, preferably within SaaS or enterprise finance technology, with hands-on ownership of complex, cross-platform solutions. Deep hands-on Workato experience (or equivalent iPaaS such as MuleSoft, Boomi, or Informatica), including recipe design, workflow orchestration, error handling, observability, and platform administration. Strong API integration skills across REST and SOAP, with fluency in XML, JSON, and secure data transport including OAuth, mTLS, SFTP, and PGP. Solid SQL is essential. Python is strongly preferred for data validation, ETL workflows, and scripting. Hands-on delivery of automation solutions in a finance, operations, or compliance context, with practical exposure to or strong interest in applying AI and LLM-based techniques to those problems.