Effects Tool Engineer

Responsibilities

• Build intuitive and expressive effect editing tools for end users
• Design real-time editing and preview experiences for visual effects
• Develop effect modules such as shaders, transitions, and animation templates
• Partner with designers and creators to iterate on interaction patterns and workflows
• Ensure performance and compatibility across web, mobile, and desktop
• Maintain code quality and scalable architecture

Requirements

• Proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript
• Experience in large-scale frontend applications
• Experience building visual editors, design tools, or interactive UI/UX tooling
• Familiarity with performance profiling and optimisation for rendering-heavy applications
• Strong product thinking and empathy for end-user workflows

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with 3D engines editor (e.g., Three.js, Babylon.js, Unity, Unreal Engine)

About the Company

Canva is on a mission to empower every user to tell compelling visual stories through video by building intuitive, powerful tools and rendering infrastructure.