Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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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

The buzzing Canva London campus features several buildings around beautiful leafy Hoxton Square in Shoreditch. While our global headquarters is in Sydney, Australia, London is our HQ for Europe, with all kinds of teams based here, plus event spaces to gather our team and communities. You'll experience a warm welcome from our Vibe team at front of house, amazing home cooked food from our Head Chef and a variety of workspaces to hang out with your team mates or get solo work done. That said, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals and so you have choice in where and how you work.

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.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

A core focus of this role is working with Canva's acquired professional design products — Cavalry (motion design and animation), Affinity (professional photo, graphic design and publishing), and Flourish (data visualisation) — which represent the cutting edge of creative software. You'll be embedded in teams building deeply technical, professional-grade tools, which brings a distinct set of quality challenges.

• You will be the main driver for improving quality in your embedded team and work with key stakeholders to drive process, tooling, and testing changes.

• You will also be responsible for creating the test strategy for the team's projects, with a focus on shift left QA activities instead of just test execution.

• You will also be the subject matter expert for the team's testing and product knowledge, driving knowledge sharing and documentation for your team and other teams' software engineers and QA

• You'll also need to model initiative and ownership in achieving goals, improving processes and solutions for other QA engineers. You'll work with other Senior QA engineers to define expectations and up skill other QA engineers.

• You will drive the adoption of AI-powered approaches to evolve quality engineering practices, improving defect prevention, test intelligence, and overall product quality outcomes

You're probably a match if

• You are proactive, results-oriented, and comfortable navigating ambiguity, thriving in a fast-paced environment where you can take initiative and drive outcomes.

• You have experience with working with product teams, and defining the QA process for your team. This may involve looking at the current development process for each team, identifying opportunities for injecting quality, and advocating for process changes to improve product quality.

• You can articulate technical concepts clearly and work effectively within a team environment, readily sharing knowledge and engaging with stakeholders across the engineering organization.

• You have demonstrated experience building and maintaining robust Test Automation Frameworks.

• You have experience testing complex web apps, desktop apps, or both.

• You are meticulous in your work and passionate about testing.

• You have experience in coaching/guiding team members with testing best practices.

• You possess a solid grasp of test automation principles across different levels (unit, integration, E2E) and understand the challenges involved in building reliable, maintainable test suites and frameworks.

Not a must, but a big plus if:

• You have experience with Creative Software. Experience with concepts like Animation and Data Visualisation is a bonus, and familiarity with professional creative software is preferred.

• Experience with test frameworks such as Cypress or Playwright

• You have experience with new and upcoming tech like Machine Learning Model testing

• You have experience with Accessibility testing.

What's in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Here's a taste of what's on offer:

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more

• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.