Senior Frontend Engineer, Content Design, Content & Discovery (open to remote in ANZ)

Canva; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a talented web application developer to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will focus on building editing experiences that enhance user customization and visual consistency across designs. Your expertise in modern JavaScript frameworks like React and TypeScript will be crucial as you collaborate with diverse teams to create performant features. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact millions of users by transforming how they create and customize designs. Join a vibrant team that values creativity and collaboration, where your contributions will help redefine the design experience.

Benefits

Equity Packages

Inclusive Parental Leave

Vibe & Thrive Allowance

Flexible Leave Options

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in building complex web applications.
• Strong understanding of concurrency, data structures, and design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Build editing experiences for customizable design elements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance user experience.

Skills

JavaScript

React

TypeScript

UI Component Development

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

At the moment, you will be focused on:

• Building out editing experiences that make elements fully customizable and stylistically consistent across designs
• Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders from content leadership, design experience, legal, and creators' royalties teams
• Creating performant, reliable features that handle complex transformations with minimal latency
• Pioneering new approaches to visual consistency that make design creation faster and more intuitive for users
• Contributing to the frontend architecture that powers intelligent editing and discovery experiences

You're probably a match if

• You have 5+ years of experience building complex, performant web applications with modern JavaScript (React, TypeScript)
• Are firmly grounded in computer science and engineering fundamentals, including concurrency, multithreading, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns
• Have deep expertise in building complex UI components that balance performance, visual quality, and user experience
• Are skilled at making careful engineering trade-offs that consider technical constraints while delivering high user value
• Have experience working with design systems and understand how to build cohesive visual experiences
• Can lead and drive technical initiatives across multiple teams and help define best practices
• Have a proven track record of independently delivering on complex technical problems with high impact
• Demonstrate strong communication skills and can effectively collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers.

About the team

This year, the Content Design Empowerment team is on a mission to transform how users create and customize design elements in Canva. Our group focuses on making elements fully customizable, editable, and stylistically cohesive through brilliant algorithms and ML/LLM processing. We're working to solve key user pain points around finding cohesive elements, applying consistent styles, and reducing manual editing work.

The Content Design Empowerment team is building innovative features to help users create visually cohesive designs with less effort. Currently, we’re working on tools to personalize design starting points and restyle elements to match a design aesthetic. Our work directly impacts millions of users who rely on Canva's elements to create professional, cohesive designs every day.

What's in it for you?

Achieving our ambitious goals motivates us to work hard – and we do – but you'll experience moments of magic, connection, and fun throughout life at Canva. We also offer a range of benefits to support your success both inside and outside of work.

Here's a glimpse of what's on offer:
• Equity packages – we want our success to be yours too
• Inclusive parental leave policy supporting all parents & carers
• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
• Flexible leave options that empower you to recharge and support your personal needs

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

Other things to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills, passion, and how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please share your pronouns and any reasonable adjustments needed for the interview process.

We celebrate diverse skills and backgrounds at Canva. Even if your skills don't exactly match the listed requirements, we still want to hear from you!

All interviews are conducted virtually.

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our main campus is in Sydney, with additional campuses in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide. But you have the flexibility to choose where and how you work, as we trust our Canvanauts to find the balance that works best for them and their teams.

What you'd be doing in this role

As Canva continues to scale, change remains a core part of our culture. This role will involve a variety of tasks that will likely evolve over time, giving you a taste of the exciting projects ahead.