Senior HarmonyOS + Android Engineer

Canva

Canva

Software Engineering
Beijing, China
Posted on May 12, 2025

Job Description

Canva可画是全球领先的视觉传播平台,2013年诞生于澳大利亚。秉承“赋予世界设计的力量”的使命,Canva可画为用户提供零门槛的设计编辑工具,海量的模版和素材,更有丰富的AI功能。目前Canva可画在全球190多个国家,拥有超过2.2亿的月活用户,是估值全球排名前10的独角兽公司。

Canva可画注重产品驱动的增长,具有浓厚的工程师文化,致力于打造开放、包容、富有活力的职场。该岗位可以在中国大陆任何一二线城市灵活办公

Remote

About the Role/Specialty
You’ll get hands-on experience writing reusable code and technical documentation to build the platform supporting intuitive user experiences on HarmonyOS. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer who has deep understanding and excellent hands on experience of both Android and HarmonyOS and rally mobile first thinking across Canva.

What you’ll do (responsibilities)

  • Drive the end to end delivery of HarmonyOS Canva app in a cross-functional team
  • Build effective and efficient Android components to enhance mobile platform support
  • Leverage technical solutions on both mobile and frontend, and establish mature connection with frontend teams to maximise the adoption of new mobile features
  • Engage in technical and product design discussions with the team, setup and execute strategic plans to resolve real-world problems
  • Contribute to defining, improving, and codifying best practices and methodologies for mobile engineering at Canva
  • Rally knowledge sharing across mobile teams, supporting less experienced engineers to growth

Qualifications

What we're looking for

We are looking for an amazing problem solver with strong foundational experience in HarmonyOS and Android development, ideally you have also been involved with mobile architecture development such as building components, adopting modern mobile patterns and familiar with the latest developments principles in HarmonyOS and Android.


Here are some skills we would like to highlight:

  • You have strong foundations in computer science and software engineering practices
  • You have experience with HarmonyOS development, including familiarity with ArkTS, the ArkUI framework, and DevEco Studio
  • You understand distributed application design and are comfortable building apps that run across multiple device types in the HarmonyOS ecosystem
  • You stay up to date with the latest developments in the HarmonyOS NEXT stack and are able to contribute to native application development with performance and scalability in mind
  • You know how to leverage Android native technologies and modern architectures to solve the most challenging problems
  • You have proven expertise in modern Android development including deep understanding of Kotlin language, concurrency and reactive programming
  • You have good knowledge of frontend development using React and TypeScript, previous exposure to hybrid technologies a plus but not essential
  • You can navigate through ambiguities and come up with best technical solutions independently
  • You exemplify both attention to detail and strategic thinking by using your experience and best practices to develop code that is reusable and testable

Additional Information

What's in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a stack of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Here's a taste of what's on offer:

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more

• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.

At Canva, we create tools that empower the world to design. Our mission is to democratize design and empower creativity for anyone and everyone, on every platform! Inspired by a team of talented thinkers, an amazing culture, and a remarkable growth trajectory – we’re out to change the world, one design at a time.

Since Canva’s launch in August 2013, we have grown exponentially, amassing 125 million active users across 190 different countries who have created more than 15 Billion designs. We are one of the world’s fastest-growing technology companies and we have only achieved about 1% of what we are capable of!