Senior Frontend Engineer – Graphics, WebGL

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Canva

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SaaS • Media • Education

Canva is a versatile online design platform that empowers users to create a wide range of professional designs with ease. From social media posts and presentations to business cards and posters, Canva provides thousands of templates and design tools to help users bring their creative ideas to life. The platform also offers a suite of AI-powered features to enhance creativity and productivity, including tools like Magic Write for copy generation and Magic Edit for photo transformations. Canva caters to individuals, teams, and enterprises, making it an ideal solution for collaborative design and workflow management. It is also committed to sustainability and social impact, offering free educational and nonprofit access to its premium features.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2013

☁️ SaaS

📱 Media

📚 Education

💰 $200M Venture Round on 2021-09

📋 Description

• Solving complex performance challenges by optimizing rendering, state management, and user interactions to deliver cutting edge, AI assisted image editing effects and integrate them into Canva’s Photo editing • Collaborating closely with design and product teams to translate user experience requirements into elegant technical solutions, ensuring the image editing effects feel intuitive and powerful • Working with cutting-edge web technologies including WebGL for custom rendering and advanced TypeScript patterns for type-safe state management • Contributing to the broader photo editing ecosystem by building Frontend components that integrate seamlessly within Canva’s photo editor • Mentoring and collaborating with other engineers on the team, sharing knowledge about complex frontend patterns and helping establish best practices for photo editing UI development • Driving technical alignment across teams by communicating complex frontend decisions to stakeholders, contributing to architectural discussions, and ensuring Photo AI initiatives integrate smoothly with Canva's broader platform.

🎯 Requirements

• You bring strong commercial experience in building complex frontend applications using modern JavaScript/TypeScript and React, working across technologies like MobX, WebGL, WebGPU, WebAssembly, and web workers. • You have experience with image and media technologies, including canvas/WebGL rendering, and other creative tools or applications. • You deeply understand performance optimisation, including rendering performance, memory management, and techniques for real-time user interactions. • You’ve worked with complex UI state management systems, including undo/redo functionality, real-time updates, and maintaining consistency across multiple views and components. • You demonstrate solid computer science fundamentals — from data structures and algorithms to scalable and maintainable software architecture patterns. • You collaborate effectively with designers, product managers, and engineers, and communicate clearly to help deliver cohesive, impactful user experiences.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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