Canva
A Principal Engineer at Canva leads the hybrid mobile platform team, designing and architecting the shared codebase for iOS and Android using React Native and React. This role focuses on enabling 'build once, ship native' experiences while providing technical leadership to product groups without direct reports. The position requires deep expertise in cross-platform architecture, mobile performance optimization, and influencing engineering standards across the organization.
Headquarters
Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Company Size
1001-5000 employees
Founded
2012
Canva is a web- and mobile-based graphic design platform that makes it easy for individuals and teams to create presentations, social media graphics, documents, videos, and print materials using a drag-and-drop editor and thousands of templates. It bundles a large library of stock photos, icons, fonts and prebuilt layouts with collaboration tools, brand kits, simple animation, and export/print options. Canva offers free and paid tiers (Pro, Teams, Enterprise, Education, Nonprofit) and integrates with common apps and workflows to support creators, marketers, teachers, and businesses of all sizes. Users choose Canva for its low learning curve, extensive template library, and built-in teamwork and brand-management features.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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