Senior Frontend Engineer - Design Editing Accessibility

📋 Description

• Design and build accessible Editor interactions (focus, keyboard nav, ARIA).
• Use screen readers daily to test, debug, and validate work (VoiceOver/NVDA/JAWS).
• Collaborate with the Editing Group to ship accessible features from the start.
• Identify systemic accessibility gaps and craft architectural solutions.
• Work across the Editor architecture with frontend components, state, and rendering.
• Explain screen reader behavior to engineers and accessibility constraints to designers.

🎯 Requirements

• Commercial experience building accessible web apps with WCAG in practice.
• Hands-on experience with screen readers; debug accessibility interactions.
• Strong TypeScript and React skills; reason about components and accessibility.
• Able to work effectively in a large interconnected frontend codebase.
• Clear cross-discipline communication; explain accessibility concepts.
• Nice to have: WAI-ARIA patterns for complex widgets (trees, grids).

🎁 Benefits

• Equity packages to share Canva's success
• Inclusive parental leave policy for all parents and carers
• Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance for wellbeing and setup
• Flexible leave options to recharge
• Hybrid work model with on-campus collaboration when needed
• Check lifeatcanva.com for more info