Security Engineer Intern 2026/27

Join the team changing how the world designs - billions of times over. Hey you. Yes, you. Ready to do the best work of your life? Our internship is a 12-week, remote friendly program running from early December to late February. It’s designed to give you meaningful experience, real ownership, and a summer that sets you up for what’s next. You’ll also have the opportunity to join your team in person at our flagship campus in Sydney to experience the magic of Canva. As an intern, you won’t be on the sidelines. You’ll work on impactful, real-life projects from day one, alongside your team. You’ll be supported by a dedicated Host and Buddy there to help you learn, grow and navigate your Canva Internship journey with confidence. Where and how you’ll work Our flagship campus is in Sydney, Australia. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. If you call New Zealand home, we have our Auckland co-working space too. Whether you prefer to work from home, join us in person (if you’re nearby), or a mix of both, you’ll have the flexibility to work in a way that supports you and your team. What you’ll be working on As Canva continues to grow, change is part of how we move forward. That means the role you step into today will likely evolve right alongside you. About Security Engineers At Canva, we’re all constantly striving towards our Crazy Big Goals! As the features and services of our product suite evolve, we’re setting some large and ambitious goals. We need to be able to ship robust and secure features without sacrificing speed and scale of delivery, which is where our Security Engineers come in. Incoming interns will work and learn alongside an experienced group of red and blue-team Security Engineers in a fast-moving cloud-first technology environment. They will be exposed to a wide range of functions within the diverse Security group and gain experience in both operations and engineering capacities and work towards making Canva more secure. You’ll start by focusing on: Collaborating with your assigned team to design, develop, test and maintain your intern project Developing and maintaining documentation for software development processes, procedures, and guidelines Developing your craft with some of the most talented engineers Interacting with a wide variety of stakeholders from both inside and outside your team to deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment. Learning tools, libraries and services that support Canva engineers in building secure software. Identifying security controls in Canva’s compute, platform engineering, and cloud infrastructure disciplines. Learning new and emerging security technologies that make it easier to reliably maintain platform and infrastructure security. Discovery and triage of vulnerabilities across Canva’s threat landscape. You'll thrive in this role if You are currently enrolled and completing your studies between 2027 and mid-2028. You are based in Australia or New Zealand and have working rights. Please note that Canva will not be able to sponsor visas and relocate for Early Talent roles. You have an interest and passion for cyber security. Proficient with one or more modern program languages (Golang, Python or Java preferred). Ability to work with a range of Canvanauts from different backgrounds, with different expertise, and with different professional and personal needs. You are excited to explore AI tools and use them in smart, helpful ways to boost your workflow. You are able to commit to the 12-week, full-time summer program from early December 2026 to late February 2027. We are welcoming applications for the Security Engineer Internship until 1st May 2026 , only. Following this advertisement closure date, successful applicants will be reached out to directly to proceed to the next step of our Canva Early Talent hiring process. Here at Canva, we endeavour to respond to every applicant regardless of the ... (truncated, view full listing at source)