Senior Frontend Engineer Web Engine (Video Platform)
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Job Location:
Wellington - New Zealand
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
5 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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 and we like to think thats all part of the fun. So this will give you a flavour of the type of things youll be working on when you start but this will likely evolve.
At present you will be focused on:
- Owning high-quality frame-accurate video and audio playback on Canvas web platform
- Designing and evolving the core architecture that powers scalable web playback
- Building performance-critical systems that operate beyond typical frontend abstractions
- Driving resilient rendering and playback experiences across browsers and devices
- Leading the adoption of next-generation playback technologies on the web
- Partnering closely with product editor and platform teams to deliver playback as a shared capability
- Improving playback quality observability and reliability for millions of users
- Taking ownership of critical systems and raising the bar on performance and engineering quality
- May also help shape longer-term playback strategy and technical direction as the platform evolves
This role is a key contributor to Canvas broader shift toward treating playback as a platform capability enabling feature teams to build new video experiences without needing to understand low-level rendering internals.
Youre probably a match if you:
- Have deep expertise in JavaScript at a systems level (beyond typical framework usage)
- Have experience building video audio graphics or game-like systems in the browser
- Understand rendering pipelines frame timing animation systems or compositor-style architectures
- Are comfortable working with canvas workers WebGL WebAssembly or modern multimedia APIs
- Enjoy owning ambiguous problem spaces and delivering end-to-end technical outcomes
- Care deeply about performance reliability and scalable browser architectures
You might be operating at a higher level if youve led platform-level initiatives or influenced technical direction beyond your immediate team.
Bonus if youve worked with:
- Worker-based or multi-threaded browser architectures
- Video composition or playback engines
- Low-level performance instrumentation or quality-of-experience metrics
About the team
The Web Engine team sits within Canvas Video Platform supergroup focused on powering reliable high-performance video creation and playback experiences on the web. Were laying the foundations from runtime and rendering to developer experience that empower product teams to deliver world-class video tools to millions of users.
Were also transitioning to unified ownership of playback rendering enabling our team to operate playback as a platform service across Canva. This is a high-impact opportunity to help define the future of video at Canva.
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 connection 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 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. 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 :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Apple Numbers
- Apple Pages
- Video Editing
- Motion Graphics
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Photoshop
- Cinema 4D
- Post Production
- Adobe Premiere
- Final Cut Pro
- Video production
About Company
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