Senior Software Engineer - Video Performance - (Bay area only)
Canva · San Francisco, CA
About this role
Canva is hiring a senior-level Software Engineer based in San Francisco, CA. The posting calls out experience with Rust, C++, API Development, Observability. Compensation is listed at $210,000–$270,000 per year.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Posted
- Mar 16, 2026
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Job description
from Canva careersJob Description
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
Hello, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte!
Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point.
Where and how you can work
Our flagship office is in Sydney, Australia, but we've made our way from down under, to a hub in San Francisco, which is now home to our US operations. We offer flexibility in how and where you work. We trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.
What you’d be doing in this role
As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.
- Lead end-to-end performance strategy across the video creation lifecycle — from timeline scrubbing and real-time preview through to export and rendering. You’ll identify bottlenecks and drive measurable improvements to the editing experience.
- Profile and optimize critical paths in our C++ native engine, GLSL/HLSL shaders, and ML-powered effect pipelines to reduce latency and memory footprint.