Senior Frontend Engineer - Developer Experience (open to remote across ANZ)
Senior Frontend Engineer - Developer Experience (open to remote across ANZ)
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Job Description
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 time consuming 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 co-working spaces in Brisbane Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work. That means if you want to do your thing in the office (if youre near one) at home or a bit of both its up to you.
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.
- Collaborate with leads designers product managers and engineers across Canva to design develop and deploy solutions that help deliver features to our customers
- Build tools and experiences for a variety of audiences including internal teams third-party developers and Canva users
- Identify and champion opportunities for cross-team collaboration to drive new ideas and improvements that align with our goals
- Work within a cross-functional team to deliver high-quality impactful software safely quickly and at scale
- Contribute to the teams technical roadmap and actively help shape and execute it
- Partner with stakeholders across the group and wider Canva to ensure alignment and shared success
- Build intuitive and reliable front-end experiences that make it easier for developers to create high-quality apps within Canva
- Help define and evolve the developer experience from onboarding and documentation to testing and debugging tools
- Proactively identify and address technical and user experience pain points balancing short-term impact with long-term sustainability
- Contribute to design and code reviews knowledge-sharing sessions and mentoring opportunities to support team growth
- Stay up to date with the latest front-end technologies tools and best practices and bring fresh ideas into the team
- Grow and thrive in Canvas supportive fast-paced and empowering culture
Youre probably a match if
- You will be at home working in our core technology environment - our core stack is JavaScript HTML CSS
- Firmly grounded computer science and engineering fundamentals including concurrency multithreading data structures solution design architecture and design patterns
- Working collaboratively with team members and communicating effectively
- Experience with TypeScript (or other typed languages) React MobX (or other state management libraries) particularly using types on APIs to provide guard rails for developers
- Interest in building platforms for third party developers to build upon
About the team
With the rapid evolution of generative AI and the growing complexity of workflows at scale Canva is uniquely positioned to become the platform of choice for discovering and accessing services related to visual design. Were already partnering with thousands of developers through our Apps SDK and public REST API to bring these capabilities to life.
As part of the Ecosystem group the Developer Experience team owns the Canva Developer Portal the platform that empowers third-party developers to build Apps that run inside Canva as well as Integrations powered by our Connect API.
We also support internal teams through the Admin Portal which enables our App Review team to efficiently and effectively assess the quality security and readiness of developer submissions.
But dont just take our word for it check out what Software Engineer - Abbie Wade has to say about working in Engineering at Canva -
The challenges that I am solving do not have a known solution which means I get to create and innovate each 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 stack 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 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.
Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Remote
