Senior Frontend Engineer - Graphics/WebGL

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte! Thanks for stopping by. We know job ads can feel a bit formulaic sometimes, but we promise Canva is anything but. If you're drawn to what we're building and you see yourself in this role, we'd love to hear from you. Where and How You Can Work Our London office is a hub for collaboration and energy. But we also believe in working where you do your best thinking. This role is based in London, with the flexibility to work in a way that suits you. Canva's mission is to empower the world to design. With 285+ million monthly active users across 190+ countries, we're building the world's most loved visual communication platform. We're not a template tool. We're an AI-powered visual work platform that's replacing legacy tools across design, documents, presentations, video, and websites. 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: Solving complex rendering challenges by building and optimizing 3D experiences that run directly in the browser Working with cutting-edge web technologies including WebGL/WebGPU and WebAssembly to deliver high-fidelity 3D that feels fast and intuitive for everyday creators Collaborating closely with design and product teams to translate 3D design requirements into technically sound, polished Editor experiences Contributing to the broader 3D ecosystem by building frontend components that integrate seamlessly within Canva's Editor Mentoring and collaborating with engineers on the team, sharing knowledge about complex rendering patterns and helping establish best practices for 3D UI development Driving technical alignment across teams by communicating complex frontend decisions to stakeholders and ensuring 3D initiatives integrate smoothly with Canva's broader platform You're probably a match if You are technically versatile, with diverse experience in frontend tech stacks You've got a good balance between big-picture thinking and nailing the details You have experience with real-time rendering, 3D graphics, or creative tool development - and a genuine interest in pushing what's possible in the browser You have experience with WebGL or WebGPU for rendering in the browser You share a passion for performance debugging and benchmarking, and deeply understand rendering performance and memory management You possess strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to break large projects down into smaller ones and deliver on them through others You demonstrate solid computer science fundamentals - from data structures and algorithms to scalable software architecture patterns You collaborate effectively with designers, product managers, and engineers, and communicate c