Senior Frontend Engineer

Summary

Join Canva's Editing API team as a mid to senior-level engineer. This team focuses on building and maintaining high-quality APIs and frameworks to empower internal and external developers. You will be involved in hands-on software development, knowledge sharing, and cross-team collaboration. The ideal candidate possesses strong experience in TypeScript, JavaScript, and API/SDK design, along with excellent communication and problem-solving skills. Canva offers a flexible work environment and a range of benefits, including equity packages, inclusive parental leave, and a wellbeing allowance.

Requirements

• Experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React, and MobX
• Software development experience in API/SDK design
• Strong computer science and engineering fundamentals – Including asynchronous programming, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns
• Performance debugging and benchmarking passion
• Collaborative mindset
• Problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy solutions, working closely with leads, designers, and product managers to deliver impactful features and experiments to millions of users
• Build and maintain scalable, high-quality APIs and frameworks that empower internal and external developers
• Communicate engineering needs effectively to non-technical team members within the group, fostering collaboration and technical excellence
• Take charge of achieving goals, improving processes, and refining solutions to drive continuous improvement
• Identify opportunities to work across teams, leveraging new insights and improvements that align with our mission

Preferred Qualifications

Understanding of browser internals – Knowledge of browser rendering pipelines, event handling, WebWorkers, and WebGL/WebGPU

Benefits

• Equity packages
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally