Senior Frontend Engineer - Developer Experience

Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Senior Frontend Engineer - Developer Experience Full-timeRecruitment type: PermanentJob DescriptionJoin 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 workOur flagship Sydney campus is uniquely Canva - an extension of our Surry Hills neighbourhood. It’s a thoughtfully designed space with plenty of room to collaborate, focus, and connect. This role is based in Sydney, and we’re looking for someone who calls it home. Our hybrid way of working gives you the flexibility to work remotely, and to come together on campus for meaningful in-person collaboration and connection when it matters most. 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 roleAt the moment, this role is focused on:Designing, building, and shipping improvements to the tools and systems that Canva's frontend engineers use every day - from build pipelines and dev environments to testing frameworks and code quality tooling.Owning and evolving key parts of our frontend infrastructure, driving meaningful improvements to frontend build performance so product teams can ship with confidence.Leading the adoption of new tooling standards and best practices across Canva's web engineering community, defining and rolling out new tools, processes and practices that affect multiple teams.Collaborating with product and platform teams to translate developer feedback into technical solutions that deliver measurable productivity gains.Troubleshooting complex build, bundling and tooling issues across the frontend stack, and helping others build the skills to do the same.Identifying technical knowledge gaps on the team and working with teammates to lift expertise through documentation, presentations, and pairing.Consulting collaboratively across teams when developing solutions, seeking diverse perspectives to address complex issues and influence technical direction.You're probably a match ifYou have deep experience with JavaScript and TypeScript build and runtime tooling. For example:bundlers (Webpack, Vite, Rspack)transpilers (Babel, SWC, OXC)static analysis tooling (ESLint plugin development, custom lint rules, codemods)Node.js and experience building or maintaining CLIs, plugins, or developer toolsYou have experience working on developer experience or infrastructure tooling at scale - you know what it takes to keep hundreds of engineers productiveYou have a track record of solving complex technical problems and delivering projects across team boundariesYou have strong communication skills - you adjust your style for different audiences and enjoy sharing knowledge through docs, presentations, or pairing sessionsYou have demonstrated technical leadership - influencing direction, mentoring others, and holding yourself and others accountable to goals and outcomesBonus if you've worked with:Large-scale monorepo tooling and migration strategiesFrontend testing infrastructure (Jest, Playwright, Storybook, visual regression testing)CI/CD pipeline optimisation for frontend workflowsBuild systems like Bazel and understand the trade-offs of incremental, cached and remote buildsRust for building high-performance tooling (e.g. SWC, oxc, Rspack)About the teamThe Web Workflows team sits within Canva's DevX (Developer Experience) group. Our vision is a Canva where frontend product engineers experience seamless development from idea to deployment, supported by stable environments, powerful tools, and an engineering culture that champions developer needs.Our mission is to empower web developers by providing fast, reliable, and scalable workflows - minimising friction, maximising happiness and...