Senior Frontend Engineer - Canva for Education open to remote across ANZ

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

Hey gday mabuhay kia ora hallo vtejte!

Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little timeconsuming and youre probably keen to find out whats on offer so well get straight to the point.

Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and coworking spaces in Brisbane Perth and Adelaide. But you have a 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.

What youd be doing in this role

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think thats all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things youll be working on when you start but this will likely evolve.

At the moment this role is focused on:

• Youll design and implement highquality scalable frontend solutions that improve user experiences and drive the adoption of Canvas Education offering. This includes translating complex product requirements into robust architectures writing highquality code collaborating with engineers across teams and ensuring seamless deployment and operation in production environments.
• Youll work closely with leads designers and product managers to deliver features and experiments to our customers worldwide
• Youll take ownership of technical initiatives contribute to strategic technical decisions and champion the adoption of best practices and new technologies.
• Youll participate in design and code reviews.
• Youll create Design Docs to align on high level/architectural solutions before proceeding to implementation
• Youll be mentoring and empowering other engineers which is one of our teams core values.

Youre probably a match if

• Advanced Proficiency in HTML CSS JavaScript TypeScript React and state management libraries (e.g. MobX)
• You have the ability to write performant reusable code for UI components including appropriate testing
• Excellent problemsolving and analytical skills
• You have firmly grounded computer science and engineering fundamentals including concurrency multithreading data structures solution design architecture and design patterns
• You enjoy working collaboratively with team members and communicating effectively

About the team

Our group mission is to ignite creativity in every learner by being fun and accessible saving teachers and course creators time and looking after every learner whether in school on campus or in the workplace. We want to continue evolving Canva into a bestinclass learning tool so we have a sticky product with better retention. During the first half of 2025 our team will focus on giving teachers compelling reasons why they should invite their students by launching new features that make learning more engaging in Canva and increasing the visibility and utility of the features that already exist (e.g. our learning content Courses/Lessons interactive elements).

Joining our group presents an exciting opportunity to work on a core product directly impacting millions of users worldwide. If you are passionate about building scalable backend solutions have a strong desire to thrive in a collaborative and innovative environment and are passionate about empowering every learner we encourage you to apply.

Whats in it for you

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard and we do but youll 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.

Heres a taste of whats 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 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 dont feel like your skills quite match whats listed above we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Fulltime