Canva
Design
StaffFrontendEngineer
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“Staff Frontend Engineer at Canva. Skills: Frontend, TypeScript, React. Design, develop and deploy solutions. hands-on software development”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver features and experiments to our customers worldwide; achieve our goals; maintain a fast and reliable editor for everyone
Industry & Context.
problem-solving skills; ability to break large projects down into smaller ones
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Experience in a software development environment, building internal/external SDKs or APIs, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React, TypeScript, MobX, computer science and engineering fundamentals, asynchronous programming, data structures, solution design, architecture, design patterns, Previous experience in working collaboratively with team members, communicating effectively, problem-solving skills
Nice to Have
Experience in building internal/external SDKs or APIs, Understanding of browser rendering pipeline, event handling, WebWorkers, WebGL/WebGPU
What You'll Do.
develop and deploy solutions
hands-on software development
deliver features and experiments
working on web frontend
Facilitate knowledge sharing
advocate for engineering needs
Models initiative and ownership
improving processes and solutions
Finds opportunities for cross-team collaboration
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
working closely with leads, designers, and product managers; Facilitate knowledge sharing; advocate for engineering needs to non-technical team members; Models initiative and ownership in achieving goals; Finds opportunities for cross-team collaboration; working collaboratively with team members
Communication Scope
communicating effectively
Process & Methodology
break large projects down into smaller ones
Full Job Description
* Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte! Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point. Where and how you can work Our flagship Sydney campus is uniquely Canva - an extension of our Surry Hills neighbourhood. It’s a thoughtfully designed space with plenty of room to collaborate, focus, and connect. This role is based in Sydney, and we’re looking for someone who calls it home. Our hybrid way of working gives you the flexibility to work remotely, and to come together on campus for meaningful in-person collaboration and connection when it matters most. We trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals. What you’d be doing in this role As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve. * Design, develop and deploy solutions and hands-on software development – working closely with leads, designers, and product managers to deliver features and experiments to our customers worldwide * Primarily working on web frontend with Typescript, but may need to work with other languages and environments * Facilitate knowledge sharing and optimally advocate for engineering needs to non-technical team members within the group * Models initiative and ownership in achieving goals, improving processes and solutions * Finds opportunities for cross-team collaboration to work on new insights and improvements that help achieve our goals You're probably a match if * Experience in a software development environment, ideally with experience in building internal/external SDKs or APIs. * Our frontend stack consists of JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React, TypeScript, MobX. * Firmly grounded compu
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