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Senior Frontend Engineer - Canva Docs

1 Day ago • 4-8 Years • Frontend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Canva is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to join its Canva Docs team. The role involves designing, developing, and deploying solutions for the Docs editor, working closely with designers and product managers. Responsibilities include primarily working with TypeScript and React, contributing to the core Docs Editor architecture, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and facilitating knowledge sharing. The ideal candidate will possess strong computer science fundamentals, experience in a software development environment, and a passion for performance debugging and benchmarking. Experience with Typescript, React, MobX, HTML, CSS, and understanding of browser rendering pipeline are valuable but not mandatory.
Must have:
  • Commercial software development experience
  • Strong computer science fundamentals
  • Frontend development skills (Typescript, React)
  • Collaborative and communication skills
  • Problem-solving and project management
Good to have:
  • Experience with MobX, HTML, CSS
  • Understanding of browser rendering pipeline
  • Experience with WebWorkers, WebGL/WebGPU
Perks:
  • Equity packages
  • Inclusive parental leave
  • Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance
  • Flexible leave options

Job Details

Job Description

Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte!

Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point.

What you’d be doing in this role

As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. We like to think that's all part of the fun. This will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

  • Design, develop and deploy solutions and hands-on software development – working closely with leads, designers, and product managers to deliver features and experiments to our customers worldwide.
  • Primarily working on web frontend with Typescript, but may need to work with other languages and environments.
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing and optimally advocate for engineering needs to non-technical team members within the group.
  • Models initiative and ownership in achieving goals, improving processes and solutions.
  • Finds opportunities for cross-team collaboration to work on new insights and improvements that help achieve our goals.

You're probably a match if

  • Commercial experience in a software development environment.
  • Our frontend stack consists of TypeScript, React, MobX, HTML, CSS, etc.. Experience in some of these would be valuable but is not required.
  • Firmly grounded computer science and engineering fundamentals including asynchronous programming, concurrency, multithreading, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns.
  • Understanding of browser rendering pipeline, event handling, WebWorkers, WebGL/WebGPU would be a bonus, but not required.
  • Previous experience in working collaboratively with team members and communicating effectively.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to break large projects down into smaller ones and deliver on them through others.
  • Passion for performance debugging and benchmarking

About the team

The Docs Team’s mission is to build a powerful, yet simple, Docs editor that empowers anyone to create visually appealing documents. We work together to deliver key features and a delightful user experience with a strong technical foundation that scales as our product becomes more sophisticated.

We’re looking for frontend engineers who are not afraid to jump into the complex space that is the core Docs Editor architecture. As part of this team, you’ll be working closely with tenured Docs engineers as well as engineers across the company working on projects impacting Canva Docs.

What's in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, and Auckland. But you have choice in where and how you work, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

Here's a taste of what's on offer:

  • 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

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.

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