Senior Frontend Engineer - Design Editing Accessibility

Role overview

At the moment, this role is focused on

• Designing and building accessible Editor interactions, including focus management, keyboard navigation, live regions, and accurate ARIA roles and states.
• Using VoiceOver, NVDA, and JAWS as daily development tools to test, debug, and validate accessibility.
• Reviewing designs and pull requests and providing technical guidance to teams across the Editing Group.
• Finding systemic accessibility gaps and developing architectural solutions for recurring problems.
• Working with assistive technology users during design and development and helping teams implement accessible features.

You’re probably a match if

• You have solid commercial experience building accessible web applications and applying WCAG in practice.
• You have hands-on experience developing with and debugging screen readers, including VoiceOver, NVDA, and JAWS.
• You can work effectively in a large frontend codebase and understand how components, state, and rendering interact.
• You have strong proficiency in TypeScript and React.
• You communicate clearly with engineers, designers, product managers, and accessibility specialists.

It would be a plus if

• You have experience with WAI-ARIA patterns for complex widgets such as trees, grids, drag-and-drop interactions, or dialogs.
• You have built accessibility for real-time interfaces, HTML5 canvas, data visualisation, spreadsheets, or WYSIWYG editors.
• You are familiar with browser and native accessibility APIs and the accessibility tree.
• You have experience with AI-based accessibility features or mobile accessibility, including React Native.
• You have worked with accessibility specialists, assistive technology users, or accessibility-focused researchers.

About the team

What’s in it for you

• Canva offers equity packages, inclusive parental leave, an annual Vibe and Thrive allowance, and flexible leave options.

Other stuff to know

• Interviews are conducted virtually.