Senior Frontend Engineer

Summary

Join Canva's Developer Experience team and help redefine how the world experiences design. Work from our Sydney, Melbourne, or other Australian campuses, or remotely. Collaborate with designers, product managers, and engineers to build tools and experiences for internal teams, third-party developers, and Canva users. Contribute to the team's technical roadmap and help shape its execution. Build intuitive front-end experiences for developers creating high-quality apps within Canva. Proactively identify and address technical and user experience pain points. Contribute to code reviews, knowledge-sharing, and mentoring. Stay up-to-date with the latest front-end technologies. Canva offers a supportive, fast-paced, and empowering culture.

Requirements

• You will be at home working in our core technology environment - our core stack is JavaScript, HTML, CSS
• Firmly grounded computer science and engineering fundamentals including concurrency, multithreading, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns
• Working collaboratively with team members and communicating effectively
• Experience with TypeScript (or other typed languages), React, MobX (or other state management libraries), particularly using types on APIs to provide guard rails for developers

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leads, designers, product managers, and engineers across Canva to design, develop, and deploy solutions that help deliver features to our customers
• Build tools and experiences for a variety of audiences, including internal teams, third-party developers, and Canva users
• Identify and champion opportunities for cross-team collaboration to drive new ideas and improvements that align with our goals
• Work within a cross-functional team to deliver high-quality, impactful software — safely, quickly, and at scale
• Contribute to the team’s technical roadmap and actively help shape and execute it
• Partner with stakeholders across the group and wider Canva to ensure alignment and shared success
• Build intuitive and reliable front-end experiences that make it easier for developers to create high-quality apps within Canva
• Help define and evolve the developer experience — from onboarding and documentation to testing and debugging tools
• Proactively identify and address technical and user experience pain points, balancing short-term impact with long-term sustainability
• Contribute to design and code reviews, knowledge-sharing sessions, and mentoring opportunities to support team growth
• Stay up to date with the latest front-end technologies, tools, and best practices, and bring fresh ideas into the team
• Grow and thrive in Canva’s supportive, fast-paced, and empowering culture

Preferred Qualifications

Interest in building platforms for third party developers to build upon

Benefits

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
• 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