Frontend Architect
We're redefining how the world experiences web platforms.
To achieve this mission, we need a seasoned professional who can drive product performance improvements by exploring emerging technologies and applying them across key product experiences.
This role involves leading architectural efforts around code bundling and delivery, evaluating and evolving our systems to support scale, reduce bottlenecks, and enable engineering velocity.
Key Responsibilities
* Developing tooling and systems that empower engineers with visibility into performance regressions before they reach production – through automated detection and validation workflows.
* Collaborating across multiple teams to lead technically complex, large-scale, ambiguous initiatives – bringing high-level expertise, context sharing, and strategic clarity to drive scalable solutions.
* Shaping the future of Canva's web platform, blending product impact with infrastructure evolution to support millions of users while enabling sustainable engineering growth.
You'll operate at the subgroup level, working across initiatives that span 3–4 product teams, helping shape the direction of Canva's web platform. This will involve:
* Designing and delivering JavaScript-based RPC clients to power seamless communication between our frontend and backend systems.
* Exploring the design and adoption of React Server Components, contributing to the evolution of Canva's rendering architecture.
* Shaping the future of our code bundling and delivery infrastructure, ensuring it scales with the needs of a growing product and engineering organisation.
Achieving our 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.
* 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.