Senior Frontend Engineer (Performance Monitoring)

TL;DR

Senior Frontend Engineer (Performance Monitoring): Building and maintaining performance monitoring infrastructure, SDKs, and data pipelines to ensure Canva remains the fastest graphic design platform with an accent on observability and real-user metrics. Focus on implementing OpenTelemetry standards, creating automated performance regression checks, and profiling systemic bottlenecks to optimize user experience.

Location: Sydney or Melbourne, Australia. Flexible work arrangement (hybrid/remote) based on team balance.

Company

Canva is a global design platform redefining how the world experiences design.

What you will do

• Design and maintain lightweight SDKs, dashboards, and CI/PR checks for key performance metrics like LCP, INP, and CLS.
• Embed OpenTelemetry standards and extend data pipelines that ingest billions of real-user events daily.
• Partner with platform and infrastructure teams to ship reusable libraries, CLIs, and monitoring tools.
• Launch "no-merge-if-slower" checks to statistically flag or block performance regressions.
• Conduct end-to-end investigations to profile and eliminate systemic bottlenecks using Chrome DevTools and Lighthouse.
• Analyze real-user and synthetic data to identify high-ROI opportunities for performance fixes.

Requirements

• Proven experience designing and shipping rich JS/TypeScript and React interfaces.
• Full-stack fluency with Node-based services, data pipelines, and modern CI/CD workflows.
• Data-driven mindset with the ability to design statistically sound experiments.
• Strong communication skills to translate technical performance data into narratives for stakeholders.
• Experience influencing priorities across multiple organizational levels, including product and leadership.

Nice to have

• Deep expertise in rendering pipelines, network protocols, and performance APIs.
• Hands-on experience with large-scale observability and RUM systems (e.g., Datadog, Looker, Mode).
• Strong TypeScript proficiency across both client and server environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity packages to share in the company's success.
• Inclusive parental leave policy supporting all parents and carers.
• Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance for wellbeing, social connection, and office setup.
• Flexible leave options to support recharging and personal growth.
• Culture of trust with flexible choices on where and how to work.