Senior Frontend Engineer - Web Engine (Video Platform)

Location: Wellington, New Zealand

What you’ll do:

• Own high-quality, frame-accurate video and audio playback on Canva’s web platform
• Design and evolve the core architecture for scalable web playback
• Build performance-critical systems beyond typical frontend abstractions
• Drive resilient rendering and playback experiences across browsers and devices
• Lead the adoption of next-generation playback technologies
• Partner with product, editor, and platform teams to deliver playback capabilities
• Improve 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, and animation systems
• Comfortable with canvas, workers, WebGL, WebAssembly, or modern multimedia APIs
• Ability to own ambiguous problem spaces and deliver technical outcomes

About the team:

The Web Engine team within Canva’s Video Platform supergroup focuses on high-performance video creation and playback experiences on the web.