Staff Frontend Engineer Frontend Core Libraries
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8 hours ago
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Job Summary
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
Hey gday mabuhay kia ora你好 hallo vítejte!
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. 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.
- Build efficient reusable frontend abstractions and systems that help platformise Canvas product experience
- Define and drive the teams technical roadmap in partnership with the subgroup lead and product engineering stakeholders.
- Identify and champion improvements to frontend engineering practices patterns and methodologies
- Mentor and guide engineers in the tema fostering strong technical craft and pragmatic decision-making.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and ensure seamless integration of frontend libraries across the product
Team Overview
The Frontend Core Libraries team is dedicated to empowering Canvas frontend developers by maintaining and enhancing our essential libraries like React and MobX. Our mission is to ensure that these powerful tools are utilised to their fullest potential which sometimes involves delving deep into their internal source code to optimise performance and integrate new features seamlessly. We are committed to pushing the boundaries of frontend development providing robust and efficient solutions that enhance user experience across the board.
In this role you will have the opportunity to blaze a path forward for projects like
- implementing and delivering JavaScript based RPC clients for our web pages
- paving the path for a robus data layer at Canva
- pushing forward experimenting with React Server Components and driving its adoption across Canvas web stack
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.
Qualifications :
Wed love to hear from you if you fit one or more of these:
- Youre at home working in our core web technology environment - HTML CSS JavaScript TypeScript React MobX (or other state management libraries)
- Strong understanding of first party and third party libraries in a large scale organisation with numerous consumers and how usage contribute towards the health maintenance and performance of a product
- Youre equipped to tackle both frontend and backend architecture allowing you to drive full-stack improvements
- You do not shy away from driving a knarly undefined problem with high technical complexity towards clarity
- Experience collaborating with other engineering teams to build great solutions that suit everyones needs within a platform team
- You are proactive in initiating conversations with teams (both product and platform natured) to gain context drive your initiatives and course correct cross team projects.
- Youve perfected the balance between big-picture technical thinking and nailing the details
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
We're a global online visual communications platform on a mission to empower the world to design. Featuring a simple drag-and-drop user interface and a vast range of templates ranging from presentations, documents, websites, social media graphics, posters, apparel to videos, plus a hu ... View more
