Senior Frontend Engineer - Design Systems Evolution

This role is based in Sydney, Australia.

What you'll do:

• Own standards, layout primitives, and testing tooling for the frontend codebase.
• Drive large-scale technical quality improvements.
• Partner with product teams to identify opportunities and connect solutions.
• Document best practices and support teammates through mentoring.
• Contribute to hiring and maintain a high engineering bar.

You’re probably a match if:

• You have strong experience with TypeScript and React.
• You’ve solved infrastructure or migration challenges at scale.
• You care about developer experience and user adoption.
• You’re curious about AI tooling in design systems.
• You’re a collaborative communicator.

About the team:

The design system team at Canva builds foundations for consistent user experiences, expanding into new surfaces and use cases.