Remote Senior Frontend Engineer (Observability) - Remote across ANZ

Description:

• The Senior Frontend Engineer will be responsible for delivering features, taking ownership of the entire lifecycle from design doc through to implementation and release.
• They will help deliver monitoring of critical user flows through complete end-to-end tracing.
• The role involves identifying gaps in Observability tooling at Canva and helping take it to the next level.
• The engineer will be proactive in modernizing Observability tooling and participating in brainstorming and POC’ing to improve existing systems.
• They will work on improving trace instrumentation on the frontend to surface performance degradation in frontend components.
• Developing solutions to tackle difficult problems such as scaling platforms to meet Canva's customer growth is also part of the role.
• Guiding and mentoring other team members to help them grow their skills and knowledge is a key responsibility.

Requirements:

• Experience in TypeScript is a must for this role.
• Experience in Java or Golang is a nice-to-have.
• Deep knowledge and understanding of Computer Engineering fundamentals and first principles are required.
• Familiarity with Frontend performance metrics and web vitals is necessary.
• Experience working with and monitoring microservice architectures in large distributed cloud environments, ideally AWS, is essential.
• Proficiency with Observability tooling like Grafana, Kibana, Sentry, or similar tools is required.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, particularly Terraform, is preferred.
• Ability to guide and mentor team members and improve collaboration, learning, and idea-sharing.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are necessary for documentation and team alignment.

Benefits:

• Equity packages are offered to align success with employees.
• Inclusive parental leave policy supporting all parents and carers.
• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support wellbeing, social connection, office setup, and more.
• Flexible leave options empowering employees to be a force for good, take time to recharge, and receive personal support.