Canva

1 day ago

Senior Frontend Engineer - Design Editing Accessibility

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Job Summary

Build and ship accessible interactions in the Canva Editor, focusing on focus management, keyboard navigation, live regions, and correct ARIA roles/states. Use screen readers (VoiceOver, NVDA, JAWS) daily to test, debug, and validate behaviors. Partner with engineers across the Editing Group to review PRs, guide implementation, and address systemic accessibility issues through sound architectural solutions.

Location: Melbourne

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Design and build accessible interactions in the Editor, including focus management, keyboard navigation, live regions, and accurate ARIA roles/states.
•Use screen readers daily to test, debug, and validate Editor accessibility behaviors across VoiceOver, NVDA, and JAWS.
•Collaborate with engineers across the Editing Group to guide accessible feature implementation, including reviewing designs and pull requests.
•Identify systemic accessibility gaps in the Editor and develop underlying architectural solutions rather than patching individual instances.
•Help other teams across the Editing Group understand accessible implementation and review their work as they build new features.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:EquityParental LeaveWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

•Commercial experience building accessible web applications with practical WCAG knowledge and experience shipping to the standard.
•Hands-on experience developing with screen readers, including debugging assistive technology interactions.
•Ability to work effectively in a large, interconnected frontend codebase and treat accessibility as system design.
•Strong proficiency in TypeScript and React, reasoning about component structure and accessibility together.
•Clear communication across disciplines, including explaining screen reader behavior to engineers and constraints to designers.

Skills:CommunicationCross-functional collaborationDebuggingSystem thinking

Languages:English

Tech Stack:TypeScriptReactWCAGVoiceOverNVDAJAWSARIAWAI-ARIAFocus managementKeyboard navigationLive regionsAccessibility treeHTML5 canvasReact NativeAI

Company Brief

Canva

Canva is an online visual communications platform that provides drag-and-drop design tools, templates, and media assets for creating presentations, social media graphics, videos, documents and more, serving individuals and large enterprises globally.

Industry: Enterprise Software

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia

Founded: 2012

Glassdoor: 3.9

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Canva

1 day ago

Senior Frontend Engineer - Design Editing Accessibility

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 3 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Melbourne

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Design and build accessible interactions in the Editor, including focus management, keyboard navigation, live regions, and accurate ARIA roles/states.
•Use screen readers daily to test, debug, and validate Editor accessibility behaviors across VoiceOver, NVDA, and JAWS.
•Collaborate with engineers across the Editing Group to guide accessible feature implementation, including reviewing designs and pull requests.
•Identify systemic accessibility gaps in the Editor and develop underlying architectural solutions rather than patching individual instances.
•Help other teams across the Editing Group understand accessible implementation and review their work as they build new features.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:EquityParental LeaveWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

•Commercial experience building accessible web applications with practical WCAG knowledge and experience shipping to the standard.
•Hands-on experience developing with screen readers, including debugging assistive technology interactions.
•Ability to work effectively in a large, interconnected frontend codebase and treat accessibility as system design.
•Strong proficiency in TypeScript and React, reasoning about component structure and accessibility together.
•Clear communication across disciplines, including explaining screen reader behavior to engineers and constraints to designers.

Skills:CommunicationCross-functional collaborationDebuggingSystem thinking

Languages:English

Tech Stack:TypeScriptReactWCAGVoiceOverNVDAJAWSARIAWAI-ARIAFocus managementKeyboard navigationLive regionsAccessibility treeHTML5 canvasReact NativeAI

Company Brief

Canva

Industry: Enterprise Software

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia

Founded: 2012

Glassdoor: 3.9

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor