7 hours ago
Base Salary
$251k - $329k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end performance strategy across the video creation lifecycle, from timeline scrubbing and real-time preview through export and rendering.
- Profile and optimize C++ native engine code, GLSL/HLSL shaders, and ML-powered effect pipelines to improve latency and memory usage.
- Build observability systems, internal profiling tools, and automated regression suites measuring FPS, jank, memory usage, and thermal behavior across Web, iOS, and Android.
- Define and own performance metrics representing user-perceived fluidity and creative flow.
- Collaborate with Video Engine and AI engineers to improve parallelism, cache locality, and asynchronous processing.
- Use Metal, Vulkan, and WebGPU to leverage hardware acceleration across consumer hardware.
- Analyze telemetry at scale to identify regressions and measure performance improvements.
- Influence partner teams to prioritize performance and long-term quality.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in C++.
- Experience optimizing complex, multithreaded systems and balancing latency, memory, and maintainability trade-offs.
- Strong understanding of CPU/GPU architectures, memory hierarchies, and SIMD.
- Experience with graphics APIs such as OpenGL, Metal, or Vulkan.
- Experience using profiling and diagnostics tools such as Perf, Instruments, Chrome DevTools, Systrace, or custom telemetry systems.
- Understanding of multimedia fundamentals, including video codecs, container formats, frame-accurate seeking, and composition.
- Ability to reason about interactions between frontend, backend, and native engines.
- Experience with modern systems languages such as Rust is preferred.
- Ability to use data and telemetry to validate performance impact.
- Ability to influence peers and partner teams.
Benefits
- Equity packages.
- Health benefits plans.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution.
- Inclusive parental leave policy for all parents and carers.
- Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance for wellbeing, social connection, and office setup.
- Flexible leave options.
- Flexible work arrangements with Canva’s San Francisco US operations; interviews are conducted virtually.
- Permanent employment; Bay Area location required.
About Canva
Canva builds a web-based visual design and collaboration platform used by individuals, teams, schools, and small businesses to create presentations, documents, social posts, videos, and more. The company monetizes via subscriptions (Canva Pro, Teams, and Enterprise), paid stock media, and optional print services. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Surry Hills, New South Wales, Canva is privately held and operates globally with hubs in Australia and beyond.