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From the employer's careers site First seen 28 Oct 2026

Staff Software Engineer - Export

Canva Sydney Hybrid senior full-time

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Description

As Canva scales, you'll be part of the Export team, focusing on rendering designs into files. You'll own the technical direction of the Chromium-based export pipeline, ensuring reliability and performance. Your tasks will include:

  • Leading the team on complex rendering problems and production incidents
  • Setting the direction for PDF accessibility and compliance
  • Optimizing export reliability and performance for over 50 million weekly downloads
  • Mentoring engineers and leading design reviews

You're a good fit if you have:

  • Deep experience with Chromium or another browser rendering engine
  • Strong Java backend engineering skills
  • Background in rendering pipelines, graphics programming, or print production systems
  • Experience owning a technical domain end-to-end
  • Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills

Nice to have:

  • PDF specification knowledge
  • Experience with accessibility standards

The Export team is part of the Editing Platform group, responsible for transforming designs into downloadable files.

Skills

Required

  • Chromium
  • C++
  • Java
  • rendering pipelines
  • graphics programming
  • print production systems

Nice to have

  • PDF specification
  • accessibility standards

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Canva/6000000001379881-staff-software-engineer-export

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