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Principal Frontend Engineer (Relocation to Australia Required)

at Canva

📍 New York Unknown Posted March 25, 2026
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Position Details

Type Not Specified
Experience lead
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

About this role

Canva is seeking a Principal Frontend Engineer to lead the technical direction of their frontend systems, focusing on scalable, high-performance browser-based video creation and AI features.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead frontend architecture
  • Design scalable systems
  • Mentor engineers
  • Optimize performance
  • Collaborate on AI video features

Technical Overview

The role involves architecting frontend systems using React, TypeScript, and MobX, with a focus on performance, scalability, and browser internals, supporting large-scale video and AI features.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior frontend engineer with extensive experience in React, TypeScript, and scalable frontend architectures. They are passionate about performance optimization, browser internals, and mentoring engineering teams to build high-performance, scalable web systems.

Must-Have Skills

ReactTypeScriptfrontend architecturescalable systemsperformance optimization

Nice-to-Have Skills

React Nativeopen-source contributionsbrowser memory management

Tools & Platforms

ReactTypeScriptMobX

Required Skills

ReactTypeScriptMobXfrontend architectureperformance optimizationbrowser runtimesReact Nativescalable systemshigh-performance renderingAI video features

Hard Skills

ReactTypeScriptMobXJavaScriptReact Nativefrontend architecturebrowser runtimesperformance optimization

Soft Skills

leadershipproblem-solvingcommunicationmentoringcollaboration

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS
Job Function Lead the technical design and development of scalable frontend systems for video and AI features
Role Subtype Frontend Engineer
Tech Domains React, TypeScript

Keywords for Your Resume

Principal Frontend EngineerReactTypeScriptMobXfrontend architectureperformance optimizationbrowser runtimesReact Nativescalable systemshigh-performance renderingAI-powered video featuresarchitectural decisionstechnical standardsmentoring engineerslarge-scale systemsmentoringAI video features

Deal Breakers

Lack of experience with React and frontend architecture, No leadership or mentoring experience, Unable to work in New York

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