Senior Frontend Engineer - Search Experience
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 choice in where and how you work. That means if you want to do your thing in the office (if you're near one), at home or a bit of both, it's up to you.
About the team
The Discovery Experiences team is building the systems and surfaces that power how people find, explore, and engage with content throughout their creative journey on Canva. From search and content libraries to how assets are surfaced in the editor, our work spans the full spectrum of discovery—shaping the connective tissue that helps millions of people unlock their ideas.
We’re a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and product thinkers working at the intersection of user experience, platform infrastructure, and AI. We build core surfaces and foundational tools that enable not only rich discovery experiences for our users, but also extensible systems that other teams across Canva rely on to deliver their own solutions at scale.
By connecting users with the most relevant, inclusive, and inspiring content—and empowering other teams to innovate on top of our work—we play a key role in driving product engagement, unlocking creativity, and advancing Canva’s mission to empower the world to design.
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.
Take ownership of high-impact features across discovery surfaces like search, content libraries, and the editor—working from initial idea through to shipping and iteration
Lead frontend development on projects that integrate AI capabilities, improve performance, or enhance accessibility—bringing technical depth and a strong user perspective to the problem space
Collaborate with product managers, designers, data scientists, and engineers across teams to shape solutions that are pragmatic, scalable, and deeply aligned with user needs
Partner with backend and platform engineers to evolve and scale our frontend architecture, contributing to the foundations that support inclusive and performant discovery experiences
Help shape and support experimentation efforts—leading or contributing to A/B tests that inform design decisions and accelerate team learning
Contribute to design reviews, mentor peers, and help lift frontend craft and engineering practices across the team through feedback, documentation, and shared learning
Identify opportunities to improve underlying systems, simplify workflows, or reduce technical debt—driving sustainable improvements that benefit both users and other engineers
You're probably a match if
You have 7years++ experience building and evolving user-facing features in modern web frameworks, and you have experience navigating complexity across shared libraries, design systems, and application architecture
You’re comfortable owning work end to end—from early-stage discovery and technical design through to implementation, testing, and iteration—and you know how to balance bold ideas with practical constraints
You’ve worked closely with product, design, and data teams to solve ambiguous problems, and you enjoy collaborating across disciplines to shape thoughtful, scalable solutions
You’re comfortable working through uncertainty and change, and you bring a calm, constructive presence to evolving priorities, shifting scopes, or unclear requirements
You contribute to team culture by sharing knowledge, mentoring peers, and helping others grow in their craft
You’re excited to make discovery experiences more accessible and intuitive for people around the world, and you value inclusive, equitable design as a core part of building great products
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 support 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 interviews are conducted virtually.
Senior Frontend Engineer - Search Experience
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 choice in where and how you work. That means if you want to do your thing in the office (if you're near one), at home or a bit of both, it's up to you.
About the team
The Discovery Experiences team is building the systems and surfaces that power how people find, explore, and engage with content throughout their creative journey on Canva. From search and content libraries to how assets are surfaced in the editor, our work spans the full spectrum of discovery—shaping the connective tissue that helps millions of people unlock their ideas.
We’re a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and product thinkers working at the intersection of user experience, platform infrastructure, and AI. We build core surfaces and foundational tools that enable not only rich discovery experiences for our users, but also extensible systems that other teams across Canva rely on to deliver their own solutions at scale.
By connecting users with the most relevant, inclusive, and inspiring content—and empowering other teams to innovate on top of our work—we play a key role in driving product engagement, unlocking creativity, and advancing Canva’s mission to empower the world to design.
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.
Take ownership of high-impact features across discovery surfaces like search, content libraries, and the editor—working from initial idea through to shipping and iteration
Lead frontend development on projects that integrate AI capabilities, improve performance, or enhance accessibility—bringing technical depth and a strong user perspective to the problem space
Collaborate with product managers, designers, data scientists, and engineers across teams to shape solutions that are pragmatic, scalable, and deeply aligned with user needs
Partner with backend and platform engineers to evolve and scale our frontend architecture, contributing to the foundations that support inclusive and performant discovery experiences
Help shape and support experimentation efforts—leading or contributing to A/B tests that inform design decisions and accelerate team learning
Contribute to design reviews, mentor peers, and help lift frontend craft and engineering practices across the team through feedback, documentation, and shared learning
Identify opportunities to improve underlying systems, simplify workflows, or reduce technical debt—driving sustainable improvements that benefit both users and other engineers
You're probably a match if
You have 7years++ experience building and evolving user-facing features in modern web frameworks, and you have experience navigating complexity across shared libraries, design systems, and application architecture
You’re comfortable owning work end to end—from early-stage discovery and technical design through to implementation, testing, and iteration—and you know how to balance bold ideas with practical constraints
You’ve worked closely with product, design, and data teams to solve ambiguous problems, and you enjoy collaborating across disciplines to shape thoughtful, scalable solutions
You’re comfortable working through uncertainty and change, and you bring a calm, constructive presence to evolving priorities, shifting scopes, or unclear requirements
You contribute to team culture by sharing knowledge, mentoring peers, and helping others grow in their craft
You’re excited to make discovery experiences more accessible and intuitive for people around the world, and you value inclusive, equitable design as a core part of building great products
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 support 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 interviews are conducted virtually.