Senior Frontend Engineer - Design Systems Evolution
Canva is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to join the Design Systems Evolution team, focusing on enhancing the company's design system foundations. This role involves expanding the design system into new surfaces and use cases, enabling emerging technologies, and setting technical standards for the frontend specialty. The team also owns foundational infrastructure at the intersection of design systems and scalable UI platforms.
Key responsibilities include owning the standards, layout primitives, testing tooling, and cross-platform utilities that underpin Easel and the broader frontend codebase. The role also involves driving large-scale technical quality improvements across the frontend ecosystem, partnering closely with product teams to understand pain points, and codifying and sharing best practices through clear documentation and internal engagement. Additionally, the engineer will support and mentor teammates and contribute to hiring by interviewing candidates and maintaining a high engineering bar.
The ideal candidate will have strong commercial experience with TypeScript and React, alongside deep expertise in CSS architecture and modern web platform APIs. Experience with React Native is a bonus. The candidate should have experience solving infrastructure or migration challenges at scale, bring a systems-level perspective, care deeply about developer experience and user adoption, and be curious about how AI tooling is reshaping the way engineers build and consume design systems. Strong collaborative communication skills are essential.
Canva offers equity packages, inclusive parental leave that supports all parents and carers, an annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support wellbeing, social connection, office setup, and more, as well as flexible leave options that empower employees to recharge, give back, and take care of what matters most to them.
Canva fosters a culture of collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity, providing opportunities for growth and development. The company is committed to building world-class foundations that empower employees to craft seamless, high-quality experiences for millions of users around the globe.