Judah Caplan
Software Engineer at Canva
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolJudah Caplan is a Senior Software Engineer based in Sydney with 14 years of experience building APIs, distributed systems, and database-backed services across startups and scale-ups. A UNSW computer science graduate, he has driven backend architecture and API teams at companies including Canva and Upside Realty and now works at Neara, bringing a pragmatic focus on turning ideas into reliable production systems. Judah combines hands-on engineering with leadership in scaling services, automated deployments, and cross-functional collaboration. He’s intellectually curious beyond engineering—interested in game development, economics, philosophy and psychology—which informs a systems-oriented approach to problem solving and product design.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at University of New South WalesHigher School Certificate, Higher School Certificate at Moriah College
English
Github Skills (8)
spigot3
minecraft3
plugin3
ender3
java2
bukkit2
player1
cap1
Github contributions (3)
Exultant/PrisonPearl
Jun 2012 - Dec 2012
Contributions:16 commits in 5 months
minecraftplayersbukkitpluginender
Exultant/Citadel
Mar 2012 - Oct 2012
Contributions:12 commits, 1 comment in 7 months
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