Staff Software Engineer - Canva AI

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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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 and Adelaide. 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.

About the team 
This role is with the Conversational Experience Group the face of Canva AI. We own the end-to-end core product experiences and the conductor platform that powers Canva AI. Our vision is to deliver the most intuitive conversational experience empowering users worldwide to effortlessly generate any content they needwhether designs documents images or engaging in insightful Q&A and brainstorming. Our mission significantly impacts Canvas overarching success aligning directly with Canvas strategic objective to be the worlds leading visual communication platform.

What youd be doing in this role
As a Staff Software Engineer youll lead the evolution of our frontend architecture of Canva AI ensuring it scales seamlessly to support the integration of features across Canva into Canva AI. You will also lead the projects of introducing Canva AI to most critical surfaces e.g. bringing Canva AI to the editor for the first time ever. You will provide strong technical leadership shaping best practices and frameworks to enable smooth efficient integration of front-end capabilities from multiple teams. Your role will involve hands-on implementation of critical features and fostering collaboration across Canva positioning Canva AI as a central accessible hub for innovative user experiences. This role offers broad exposure and significant impact directly contributing to Canvas strategic vision..

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:

• Establishing yourself as a trusted technical leaderresolving technical debt and earning credibility through impact
• Re-architecting Canva AIs frontend foundation to enable seamless integration of new capabilities like Ask Canva
• Designing and implementing scalable robust frameworks that empower teams across Canva to build into Canva AI independently
• Driving critical integration projects from idea to production introducing Canva AI to new product surfaces including the editor
• Collaborating cross-functionally to evolve Canva AI into a unified accessible platform that meets real user needs
• Mentoring engineers and championing best practices to elevate frontend engineering standards across the group
• Expanding your T-shaped skill set by contributing to backend and machine learning integration as needed

Youre probably a match if: 

• Youre an experienced technical leader who still loves writing code. Youre hands-on action-oriented and impact-driven
• You bring a full-stack mindset with deep frontend expertise and are comfortable flexing into backend or ML as needed
• You think strategically. You are connecting your work to company-wide priorities and scaling solutions that move the needle
• You take ownership and thrive in ambiguity driving high-impact projects with autonomy and minimal guidance
• You lead by example by uplifting engineering standards mentoring others and championing a collaborative culture
• Youre product-minded and forward-thinking proactively shaping technical direction and influencing product vision
• Youre confident engaging senior stakeholders and know how to bring others along toward shared outcomes
• Youre deeply curious about AI staying ahead of trends and using that insight to shape innovative user-first solutions

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time