Senior Frontend Engineer - Video Web Engine

Location:

Perth, WA, Australia

What you’ll be doing:

• Owning high-quality, frame-accurate video and audio playback on Canva’s web platform
• Designing and evolving the core architecture that powers scalable web playback
• Building performance-critical systems that operate beyond typical frontend abstractions
• Driving resilient rendering and playback experiences across browsers and devices
• Leading the adoption of next-generation playback technologies on the web
• Partnering closely with product, editor, and platform teams
• Improving playback quality, observability, and reliability for millions of users

Requirements:

• Deep expertise in JavaScript at a systems level
• Experience building video, audio, graphics, or game-like systems in the browser
• Understanding of rendering pipelines, frame timing, animation systems, or compositor-style architectures
• Comfortable working with canvas, workers, WebGL, WebAssembly, or modern multimedia APIs

About the team:

The Web Engine team focuses on powering reliable, high-performance video creation and playback experiences on the web.