Job Overview
This role involves optimizing product performance by exploring emerging technologies and applying them across key product experiences.
Main Responsibilities
* Leading architectural efforts around code bundling and delivery to support scalability, reduce bottlenecks, and enhance engineering velocity.
* Developing tooling and systems that empower engineers with visibility into performance regressions before they reach production.
* Collaborating across multiple teams to lead technically complex initiatives.
Key Requirements
* Deep experience with core web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React) and backend stacks (Node.js, Java).
* A strong grasp of build systems and performance tooling.
* History of leading end-to-end technical initiatives.
About the Team
The Web Platform team's mission is to drive Canva's web product toward a scalable, high-performance architecture.
Current Focus Areas
* Boosting product performance by exploring emerging technologies.
* Building systems for confident, high-quality, and performance-aware code releases.
What You'll Achieve
As a Staff Frontend Engineer, you'll operate at the subgroup level, working across initiatives that span 3–4 platform teams.