Staff Frontend Engineer Web Platform
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8 hours ago
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Job Summary
About the team
At Web Platform our mission is to drive our web product towards a scalable and performant architecture by collaborating with product teams to build innovate and optimise web capabilities while driving their adoption across various product areas through education and support.
Our current focus is to:
- drive product performance improvements through the exploration of emerging industry technologies (think supercharging data loading server side rendering optimising caching)
- build systems for confident high-quality and performant code releases
- optimise on our bundling and delivery processes that scale effectively as our organisation expands
At the moment this role is focused on:
In this role you will be operating at the subgroup level working across projects that span 3-4 teams. You will have the opportunity to blaze a path forward for projects like
- implementing and delivering JavaScript based RPC clients for our web pages
- exploring the design and adoption of React Server Components in Canvas web stack
- navigating the future of code bundling and delivery architecture
- understanding the current benefits and pitfalls of our technologies and steering the teams towards a future where these systems do not block our engineering from scaling
- providing high level technical expertise and strategic input to building tools and systems that allow engineers to detect product performance regressions before changes are merged and deployed
Qualifications :
Youre probably a match if you have experience:
- Architecting and engineering applications across the full stack: Frontend - HTML CSS JavaScript TypeScript and React; Backend - Java and/or Node
- Performing thorough testing and debugging of applications to ensure optimal functionality reliability and security
- Knowledge of state management libraries such as MobX or Redux
- A strong grasp on bundling and minification technologies in web
- Excellent communication and collaboration with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
- A great balance between big-picture technical thinking and nailing the details
- Experience breaking down big undefined problems into smaller decisions with clearly identified tradeoffs
- Passion for fostering a culture of technical excellence continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the team and across the specialty.
- Curiosity about how AI can improve developer and design workflows
Nice to have:
- Experience successfully advocating for goals and driving significant technical changes through leading others and as an individual contributor
- Experience in stakeholder communication or internal advocacy
Additional Information :
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
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Python
- VMware
- C/C++
- Go
- System Architecture
- gRPC
- OS Kernels
- Perl
- Distributed Systems
About Company
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