Android Mobile Engineer - Video Compositor (12 month contract - Open to remote across ANZ)
Android Mobile Engineer - Video Compositor (12 month contract - Open to remote across ANZ)
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Job Description
About the Group / Team
The Multimedia Group within Design Experience is on a mission to make multimedia storytelling quick simple and fun for everyone. This role sits in the Video subgroup working alongside passionate engineers and designers building powerful tools for video editing compositing and export across platforms.
The Video Compositor team is responsible for developing maintaining and evolving the systems that power Canvas video experiences. Specifically this team owns the backend systems as well as components of the web stack that enable the export to downloadable videos. Maintaining video quality & fidelity while ensuring optimal performance & cost through the use of cutting-edge device capabilities is at the heart of this team. This team will play a pivotal role in our video strategy in the years to come to enhance remote and local export capabilities taking advantage of the technology and hardware advancements to optimise performance reliability and cost.
At the moment this role is focused on:
- Developing and maintaining core video rendering and export features for our Android app
- Working closely with the Video Compositor and Video Export teams to deliver high-quality video experiences
- Collaborating with design and product to craft seamless performant video workflows
- Building scalable and reusable mobile architecture aligned with Canvas broader mobile strategies
- Identifying performance bottlenecks and implementing innovative solutions
- Contributing to a team culture of quality collaboration and continuous learning
- Hands-on experience using AI in your work to drive greater impact
Youre probably a match if:
- Comes with exposure to browser APIs WebViews or hybrid rendering pipelines.
- Can comfortably navigate Typescript Kotlin Swift and lower-level languages like C/C or Rust.
- Bonus if you have experience in games multimedia apps or other high-performance visual applications where timing memory and graphics all matter.
- You have experience building native Android app and deep experience developing for mobile products and understand the differences/common points with Android
- Youre passionate about video technologies real-time processing graphics video development or rendering pipelines
- Youre comfortable diving into multimedia frameworks like AVFoundation or Metal
- You care deeply about performance memory usage and clean architecture
- You have experience in responsive (cross-browser and cross-device) web development (HTML/CSS/JS/API)
- You have a deep understanding of key browser concepts including the Video Element
- You bring an ability to write performant reusable code for UI components including appropriate testing
- You can maintain and extend existing features with a mindset of maintainability and performance someone who thinks about the solution and the user impact first rather than someone who looks at the tools being used
- You enjoy solving complex technical problems and collaborating across specialties
- Youre excited about helping millions of users create content they love.
- Puts problem-solving and user impact before attachment to any one language or platform.
- Thrives in ambiguity and adapts quickly in fast-evolving projects.
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
- An 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
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. We see AI as a powerful amplifier of creativity and technology at Canva. Were evolving how we assess AI skills in our Technology hiring experience - youll tackle interactive real-time challenges that reflect the kind of work we do. In some interviews you may also be asked to solve a problem using an AI tool to show how you approach challenges with tech by your side. Your recruitment partner will walk you through what to expect. 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!
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
