Brendan joined Canva more than 11 years ago as a founding engineer and has played a pivotal role in shaping the architectural foundations of Canva’s product and rapidly scaling its engineering organisation.
Prior to Canva, Brendan has built software for companies large and small, across a wide range of industries including telecommunications, banking, and eCommerce.
In 2003 he co-founded his own company which he later sold to Atlassian. At Canva, he leads a team of more than 2,300 engineers. Brendan’s passion is in setting up Engineering teams to be productive, happy and ambitious. He’s a firm believer in striving for pragmatic excellence, building from first principles, and practicing empathy in Engineering.