Staff Software Engineer - Export

About the role

Canva is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to own and evolve the Export domain, ensuring reliable, high‑performance rendering of designs into downloadable files. You will work alongside another Staff Engineer, sharing responsibility for the most critical parts of the system.

Key responsibilities

• Define and own the technical direction of Canva’s Chromium‑based export pipeline, keeping it reliable as both the editor and Chromium evolve.
• Lead resolution of the toughest rendering issues, including upgrade breakages, race conditions, and production incidents caused by upstream Chromium changes.
• Design monitoring and testing infrastructure to catch Chromium regressions early and ensure PDF accessibility compliance for enterprise customers.
• Drive export reliability and performance at scale (over 50 million weekly downloads), covering format optimisation and distributed‑system design.

Required profile

• Deep experience working inside Chromium or another browser rendering engine.
• Strong proficiency in C++ for navigating large third‑party codebases and Java for backend services.
• Proven track record owning a technical domain end‑to‑end, making architectural trade‑offs and handling their consequences.
• Ability to mentor engineers through design reviews, pair debugging, and clear documentation.

Required skills

• Chromium (or similar browser engine)
• C++
• Java
• Rendering pipelines / graphics programming
• PDF generation and accessibility standards (PDF/UA, WCAG)