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Senior Frontend Engineer - Presentations

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Hiring Remotely in Sydney, New South Wales
Senior level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in Sydney, New South Wales
Senior level
As a Senior Frontend Engineer on the Presentations Editing Team at Canva, you will work on enhancing the user experience of presentation design. Your role will involve collaboration with various teams while focusing on UX, performance, and integrating tools from a frontend stack. You will contribute to developing intuitive and cutting-edge tools that transform communication at Canva.
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Company 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 campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have a choice in where and how you work, 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.
Job Description
About the Team
The Presentations Editing Team at Canva is responsible for shaping the core user experience around creating and editing presentation designs. As part of the Editing Group within the broader Visual Suite, the team plays a pivotal role in enhancing Presentations-one of the most-used template types at Canva. We collaborate closely with our counterparts in Editing, Video, and Collaboration to ensure seamless workflows that empower users to design and present with ease.
While we've already shipped world-class products, we're just getting started. With an ambitious roadmap ahead, we're focused on taking Presentations to the next level-to redefine what's possible. If you're passionate about crafting intuitive, cutting-edge tools that transform the way people communicate ideas, this is one of the teams to be on!
This may be a great role for you if ...

  • You have experience working with some of the tools in our frontend stack - JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React, TypeScript, MobX, etc.
  • Are firmly grounding in computer science and engineering fundamentals including concurrency, multithreading, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns.
  • Have a passion for great UX, storytelling and collaboration.
  • Have cross-browser knowledge as we are often driving changes that may have implications across many different browsers, devices, and modalities.
  • Have worked as part of a design system.
  • Have worked to build and ship impactful product and/or changes.
  • Consideration for performance, especially as it relates to a great product experience.


What's in it for you?
Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll 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.
Here's a taste of what's 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


Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.
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 due to our remote-friendly culture and distributed workforce, interviews are conducted virtually.

Top Skills

CSS
HTML
JavaScript
Mobx
React
Typescript

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