Senior Frontend Engineer - Canva Docs
Senior Frontend Engineer - Canva Docs
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Job Description
Hey gday mabuhay kia ora hallo vtejte!
Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and youre probably keen to find out whats on offer so well get straight to the point.
What youd be doing in this role
As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. We like to think thats all part of the fun. This will give you the flavour of the type of things youll be working on when you start but this will likely evolve.
- Design develop and deploy solutions and handson 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 nontechnical team members within the group.
- Models initiative and ownership in achieving goals improving processes and solutions.
- Finds opportunities for crossteam collaboration to work on new insights and improvements that help achieve our goals.
Youre 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 problemsolving 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 Teams 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.
Were 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 youll be working closely with tenured Docs engineers as well as engineers across the company working on projects impacting Canva Docs.
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.
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 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.
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
Employment Type
Remote
