Staff Front-End Engineer - Design Systems

We'd love to hear from you if you fit one or more of these:

(You don’t need meet fit all of these, but the more the better, and if you join our team we’re invested in helping you grow)

Design System Leadership: Experience developing or leading a design system, with a passion for platform stewardship and enablement

Web Technology Foundations: A deep understanding of the inner workings of fundamental web technologies (HTML, CSS, Web APIs, JS/TS, React)

Cross-Platform Development: Hands-on experience with cross-platform and cross-device UI/UX development using React Native

Delivery at Scale: Proven track record of shipping large, cross-functional projects across multiple teams with highly reliable, scalable technical solutions

Collaboration & Communication: Excellent communicator and collaborator, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams

Technical Breadth & Depth: A strong balance between big-picture thinking and meticulous attention to detail

Structured Problem Solving: Skilled at breaking down large, ambiguous problems into smaller decisions with clearly identified tradeoffs

Culture of Excellence: Passionate about fostering technical excellence, continuous learning, and knowledge sharing within the team and across the specialty

AI Curiosity: Open to exploring how AI can improve developer and design workflows

Accessibility Awareness: Familiar with accessibility principles, with a genuine commitment to continued learning

Technical Advocacy: Experience championing goals and driving significant technical change — both as a leader and individual contributor

Stakeholder Influence: Background in stakeholder communication or internal advocacy

Accessible Code: Ability to write accessible code and interpret detailed specifications such as WCAG 2.2 AA

Native Development: Exposure to native or hybrid development environments

A design system is a collection of design guidelines, reusable user interface components, and related resources and tools. Canva has three design system teams working on our shared mission is to build a world-class design system that empowers Canva staff to craft consistent and excellent experiences at scale.

Design System Evolution sits at the frontier of that work. The team's mandate is to evolve and expand design system capabilities to support emerging needs at Canva - expanding the design system’s reach into new surfaces, unlocking new technologies, and setting technical standards for the frontend specialty.

You’ll also sometimes operate at the subgroup level across the 3 design system teams. This is an exciting opportunity for a very experienced engineer who’s passionate about design systems, can balance technical depth with communication and mentorship, and wants the opportunity to play a leading role in taking a design system at Canva’s scale to the next level of maturity.

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 range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

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 supports you personally

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

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 don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.