Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point.

Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work. That means if you want to do your thing in the office (if you're near one), at home or a bit of both, it's up to you.

What you’d be doing in this role

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Improve the usability, discoverability, and developer experience of our design system through documentation, tooling, and design system enhancements.
• Identify and deliver on opportunities to reduce friction for consumers, balancing thoroughness with timely execution.
• Own and maintain key systems or tools, ensuring their operational health and continued relevance.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product teams across Canva to understand pain points and refine solutions.
• Advocate for engineering and developer experience needs to non-technical stakeholders.
• Codify and share knowledge through concise documentation, presentations, and internal engagement.
• Help shape team strategy by surfacing insights from your work, advocating for opportunities you see, and connecting tactical execution to broader goals.
• Help teammates grow by providing actionable feedback, sharing lessons learned, and proactively lifting capability across the team.
• Participate in hiring - interviewing candidates, calibrating decisions, and helping maintain a high bar.

You're probably a match if have/are

• Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience delivering complex projects end-to-end.
• Familiarity with AI/LLM tooling, prompt engineering, or building AI-augmented developer workflows.
• Genuine interest in builder experience - you care about how other engineers, designers, and more learn, discover, and use the tools and systems you build.
• Clear, effective communication skills - you can write concise documentation, explain technical concepts to diverse audiences, and advocate for your ideas.
• User empathy and curiosity - you enjoy talking to the people you're building for, understanding their problems deeply, and translating that into meaningful improvements.
• Comfort with ambiguity - you can take a loosely defined problem, refine it with stakeholders, and drive it to a clear outcome.
• A collaborative, low-ego approach - you work well across teams and recognise when to adapt your position for the best outcome.

Nice to have:

• Experience with design systems, component libraries, web a11y, cross-browser/cross-device development, or frontend infrastructure.
• Background in developer education, documentation, or internal tooling.
• Experience in a platform or enablement role - building for other engineers rather than end users.

About the Team

A design system is a collection of design guidelines, reusable user interface components, and related resources and tools. Canva has three design system teams working on our shared mission is to build a world-class design system that empowers Canva staff to craft and excellent experiences at scale.

The Design System Experience team focuses on making the design system easy to learn, discover, and use. We drive self-serve documentation, tooling, and usability-focussed improvements to the design system. A key opportunity ahead is evolving Easel to support not just human contributors, but also emerging AI-powered workflows to enable faster prototyping, automated interface generation, and smarter design and UI development tooling.

About the Role

You'll shape how designers, engineers, and others across Canva discover, learn, and build with our design system. You'll work across documentation, tooling, and the design system itself to remove friction and improve usability, with a growing focus on enabling AI-powered workflows for faster prototyping and smarter UI development. This role suits someone who enjoys moving between building, writing, advocating, and deeply understanding the people they're building for.

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.