Canva
1001 - 5000 employees
Founded 2013
☁️ SaaS
📱 Media
📚 Education
💰 $200M Venture Round on 2021-09
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.
Staff Front End Engineer – Portable Platform
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Canva
1001 - 5000 employees
Founded 2013
☁️ SaaS
📱 Media
📚 Education
💰 $200M Venture Round on 2021-09
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.
📋 Description
• Design and ship the frontend architecture enabling React engineers to write once and run across web and React Native • Lead the transition from a pure React Web codebase to React Web plus React Native • Build web implementations of shared Portable Platform components across iOS, Android, and browser • Support the upskilling of 600+ frontend engineers through code standards, documentation, design reviews, and direct collaboration • Integrate server-side rendering and React Server Components considerations into the portable frontend layer • Stay hands-on by writing production code, design documents, and reviews • Own the architecture layer of Canva's Portable Platform transition • Establish patterns and defaults for Canva's frontend organisation • Collaborate with the Principal Engineer and mobile-focused engineers • Deliver a frontend layer in use within 12 months
🎯 Requirements
• Deep React expertise, including reconciliation, rendering model, and server component model • Experience making decisions below the framework surface • Proven performance optimization experience on a complex frontend product with measurable gains • Experience with portable or cross-platform codebases spanning multiple runtimes • Understanding of React Native differences from React Web and cross-runtime engineering considerations • Experience influencing multiple teams through documentation, prototypes, and direct collaboration • Hands-on day-to-day coding with recent commits, design documents, and reviews • Experience using AI tooling in real engineering work • Familiarity with SSR and React Server Components patterns • Hands-on React Native experience is a plus • Open-source contributions to React, React Native, or the broader frontend ecosystem are a plus • Experience building shared design systems or component libraries across rendering environments is a plus • Must provide pronouns and any reasonable interview adjustments when applying
🏖️ Benefits
• Equity packages • Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers • Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more • Flexible leave options • Virtual interviews
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