Senior Software Engineer - Pages Platform (Frontend)
Senior Software Engineer - Pages Platform (Frontend)
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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 we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.
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.
At the moment this role is focused on:
- Build components and frameworks that enable teams at Canva to rapidly and reliably build and manage highly performant web pages
- Collaborate with leads product managers and engineers across multiple teams in Canva gaining important insights to build the right solutions
- Facilitate knowledge sharing and advocate for best practices
- Articulate engineering needs to non-technical team members
- Introduce new tooling to improve the platforms developer experience
- Model initiative and ownership in achieving goals improving processes and solutions while demonstrating pragmatic excellence
- Participate in design and code reviews
- Set up observability and monitoring capabilities to better understand the health of our platform
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks
Youre probably a match if you have
- Commercial experience in a software development environment building testing and monitoring scalable FE systems
- Experience developing rich web applications in Typescript React & MobX
- Firm understanding and experience in web front-end tooling such as Webpack and NodeJS
- Experience in optimising web page performance and Core Web Vital scores
- Firm understanding of server side rendering technologies and patterns and experience building pages in NextJS on a GraphQL backend
- Firmly grounded computer science and web fundamentals data structures solution design architecture and design patterns
- Working collaboratively with team members and communicating effectively
- Passion for testing and ensuring software quality that meets high standards
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Strong ability to reconcile user needs to find a balance between aligning to the established path and adoption of new solutions
- A product thinking mindset and the willingness to contribute to the roadmap
Bonus:
- Experience with localization and optimization workflows
About the team
Want to be responsible for the engine that powers most of Canvas web pages The Pages Platform team provides a platform of tools and frameworks that enable Canvanauts to build great landing pages without breaking a sweat.
About the role
Youll get hands-on experience building and maintaining the landing page rendering platform. This covers a range of responsibilities from engineering new solutions that meet our stakeholders needs to providing technical guidance and advocating for best practice to maintain a high quality bar.
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 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.
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 :
Full-time
Employment Type
Remote
