Senior Frontend Engineer Infrastructure (TypeScript, JavaScript)

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
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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 we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

What youd be doing in this role
As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think thats all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things youll be working on when you start but this will likely evolve.

At the moment this role is focused on:

• Significantly enhancing the frontend testing experience (TypeScript JavaScript) for all engineers at Canva. Youll build the software frameworks and infrastructure that underpin how engineers test their code rather than testing individual product features yourself
• Designing building and evolving core components of our Quality Platform to empower thousands of engineers to test effectively and confidently
• Leading the technical design and delivery of platform solutions partnering with and influencing engineering teams across Canva to improve developer velocity and quality
• Driving significant engineering initiatives to reduce test flakiness improve test health visibility and implement smarter diagnostics navigating complex and ambiguous technical challenges along the way
• Improving the systems behind our CI/CD test feedback loops ensuring engineers receive fast actionable test results
• Owning and proactively improving the architecture health scalability and performance of our testing infrastructure making pragmatic technical trade-offs as Canva continues to scale
• Contributing to the technical direction of Canvas testing ecosystem identifying opportunities and helping teams adopt approaches that improve quality and engineering effectiveness

Youre probably a match if:

• Software Engineering Craft: First and foremost youre a Software Engineer. You have demonstrated experience designing building and maintaining robust software systems with strong knowledge of system design data structures and operational best practices. You are comfortable making sound technical and architectural trade-offs and remain hands-on in implementation. The coding interview will be run in JavaScript.
• Engineering for Developer Empowerment: Youre excited by building software for other engineers. You may have experience with developer tooling testing infrastructure CI/CD systems platform engineering or similar areas where your users are developers. This isnt a QA or manual testing role youll be engineering the platforms and tooling that enable Canva engineers to test their own software effectively.
• Technical Leadership: You have experience leading significant software engineering initiatives from ambiguous problem definition through technical design implementation delivery and adoption. You can set technical direction bring others along and take ownership of outcomes while remaining a hands-on engineer.
• Understanding of Quality & Testing: You understand test automation principles across different levels (unit integration E2E) and the engineering challenges involved in building reliable maintainable and scalable testing frameworks and infrastructure. Deep testing knowledge is valuable but were looking for someone who applies that knowledge through software and platform engineering.
• Developer-Centric Mindset: You naturally put yourself in the shoes of your users in this case other engineers and use their feedback and needs to shape intuitive low-friction developer experiences.
• Pragmatic Problem-Solving: You excel at independently navigating complex and ambiguous software engineering challenges identifying root causes and making pragmatic trade-offs to deliver solutions that create meaningful and lasting impact.
• Collaborative Influencer: You can articulate complex technical concepts clearly build alignment across teams and influence technical decisions beyond your immediate team. You readily share knowledge provide technical guidance and help other engineers grow.
• Drive and Adaptability: You are proactive results-oriented and comfortable navigating ambiguity. You identify opportunities take initiative and drive meaningful outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

About the team

The Quality Platform Team sits within the Developer Experience group which is part of our Infrastructure supergroup. Our mission is to help every Canva engineer build high-quality reliable software faster. We create internal tools and systems that empower teams to shift-left on quality including testing infrastructure dashboards and UI integrations. 

The Quality Platform team is Canvas central pillar for quality engineering owning the automated testing ecosystem and defining the Canva Testing Strategy. Our mission is to empower every Canva engineer to ship high-quality features with exceptional speed and confidence. We design and maintain scalable developer-centric frameworks and tools that remove friction and provide clear actionable insights directly accelerating innovation across Canvas entire product suite. Our work underpins Canvas ability to move fast while delivering a delightful and reliable experience to millions of users around the world.

Whats in it for you
Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard and we do but youll experience lots of moments of magic connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Heres a taste of whats 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

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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.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you dont feel like your skills quite match whats listed above we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time