Senior Effects Engine Engineer

Location:

Beijing, China

About the Role:

You’ll architect high-performance effect rendering pipelines and intuitive toolchains that accelerate effect development, unlock creative expression, and ensure seamless integration across platforms and devices.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain a cross-platform multimedia effects SDK supporting iOS, Android, Web, and desktop.
• Develop tooling to support special effects content creation, testing, and asset lifecycle management.
• Design mobile-side effect asset management systems for optimal storage, loading, and update handling.
• Integrate new visual features (e.g. 3D, facial effects, dynamic shaders) with Canva's custom rendering engine.
• Prototype and productionise next-gen effects including AI-powered, multimodal, and real-time effects.

Requirements:

• Advanced proficiency in C++ for engine/SDK development; solid in Java, Objective-C/Swift, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience in mobile app development and performance optimisation.
• Proficient in at least one graphics API (OpenGL, Metal, Vulkan, DirectX) and shader languages (GLSL, HLSL).
• Full proficiency in English communications.