Senior Software Engineer Offline Team (Open to Remote across ANZ)

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. 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.

At the moment this role is focused on:

• Building robust performant and scalable frontend systems that allow people to use Canva offline
• Defining designing and developing a platform that empowers other teams to create high-quality products for users with limited network access
• Finding core user pain points and identifying practical solutions to address them
• Bridging the gap between online and offline by enabling a seamless multi-tiered network experience

Youll probably be a match if:

• You are passionate about performance and know how to focus on what matters to the user
• Youre experienced with building scalable frontend solutions that serve a wide range of users
• You thrive on taking vague problems identifying the most important ones and delivering practical solutions
• You have a good understanding of the entire stack with a focus on frontend and browsers
• (Bonus) You understand how to leverage browser Cache APIs and/or Service Workers to build progressive web apps (PWAs)

About the Team

Offline Platform is part of Web Platform - building the foundations for frontend developers across Canva. A key part of what makes Canva a product loved by millions is its performance.
From that lense we are aiming to enable people across the world to use Canva in various network conditions.

Our team focuses on one of the more challenging ones - being completely Offline.

An offline product for Canva will support our users in creating editing viewing and downloading their designs anywhere anytime with or without a reliable internet connection.
The Offline team is responsible for building the tooling and architecture necessary to empower the entire product to work Offline.

About the Role

We are looking for engineers with an interest in building an alternative experience to the product we have by pushing for two work streams: building and improving core Offline user experiences and designing & developing the infrastructure necessary to empower other product teams to build offline features easily.

The Offline team is a product team with a platform mindset so your role is to balance building the Offline platform with dogfooding our tooling and platform work by building offline features for the core Canva user experience such as viewing and creating designs.

As a senior software engineer in the Offline team you will be collaborating with engineers from many different parts of the company to build the whole offline experience in stages implementing and improving user flows one-by-one from an MVP to a fully fledged experience for the millions of Canva users in the world.

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

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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.

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually. 

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time