Senior Frontend Engineer, Content Design Empowerment , Content & Discovery (open to remote in ANZ)

At the moment you will be focused on:

• Building out editing experiences that make elements fully customisable and stylistically consistent across designs
• Collaborating with crossfunctional stakeholders from content leadership design experience legal and creators royalties teams
• Creating performant reliable features that handle complex transformations with minimal latency
• Pioneering new approaches to visual consistency that make design creation faster and more intuitive for users
• Contributing to the frontend architecture that powers intelligent editing and discovery experiences

Youre probably a match if

• You have 5 years of experience building complex performant web applications with modern JavaScript (React TypeScript)
• Are firmly grounded in computer science and engineering fundamentals including concurrency multithreading data structures solution design architecture and design patterns
• Have deep expertise in building complex UI components that balance performance visual quality and user experience
• Are skilled at making careful engineering tradeoffs that consider technical constraints while delivering high user value
• Have experience working with design systems and understand how to build cohesive visual experiences
• Can lead and drive technical initiatives across multiple teams and help define best practices
• Have a proven track record of independently delivering on complex technical problems with high impact
• Demonstrate strong communication skills and can effectively collaborate with designers product managers and other engineers.

About the team

This year the Content Design Empowerment team is on a mission to transform how users create and customise design elements in Canva. Our group focuses on making elements fully customisable editable and stylistically cohesive through brilliant algorithms and ML/LLM processing. Were working to solve key user pain points around finding cohesive elements applying consistent styles and reducing manual editing work.

The Content Design Empowerment team is building innovative features to help users create visually cohesive designs with less effort. Currently were working on tools to personalise design starting points and restyling elements to match a design aesthetic. Our work directly impacts millions of users who rely on Canvas elements to create professional cohesive designs every day.

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 support you personally

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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