Principal Front-End Engineer - Web Platform

Canva

Melbourne

1 week ago

Melbourne

1 week ago

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Principal Front-End Engineer - Web Platform

Canva is hiring a Principal Front-End Engineer for its Web Platform team in Melbourne, Australia. The role focuses on frontend architecture including SSR, React Server Components, and performance to achieve sub-two-second page loads. Requires deep React and TypeScript expertise, performance optimization at scale, and org-wide influence.

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Hybrid

Full-time

Principal

React

TypeScript

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, AU

Work Model

Hybrid: remote and on-campus collaboration in Collingwood, Melbourne

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Principal

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

ReactTypeScriptServer-Side Rendering (SSR)React Server ComponentsPerformance measurementOffline resilienceFrontend-backend communicationData structures

Soft Skills

Org-wide influenceActive individual contributionAI fluencySparring with strong peersLeading with code

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)

Open-source contributions (React, Next.js)Live migrationsEdge runtimes (Cloudflare Workers, Fastly)Backend platform partnership

Key Responsibilities

•Own the technical direction for the web platform: set architecture for SSR, React Server Components, and page assembly
•Drive performance to sub-two-second first page load at Canva scale
•Influence the broader frontend specialty by defining patterns, authoring design documents, and leading migration guides
•Stay hands-on with code, pushing commits and setting engineering standards
•Define offline and resilience strategy for the product
•Collaborate with a small group of Principal and Staff engineers

Principal Front-End EngineerWeb PlatformReactTypeScriptSSRReact Server ComponentsPerformanceCanvaMelbourneHybrid

Key Responsibilities

•Own the technical direction for the web platform: set architecture for SSR, React Server Components, and page assembly

•Drive performance to sub-two-second first page load at Canva scale

•Influence the broader frontend specialty by defining patterns, authoring design documents, and leading migration guides

•Stay hands-on with code, pushing commits and setting engineering standards

•Define offline and resilience strategy for the product

•Collaborate with a small group of Principal and Staff engineers