Staff Software Engineer – Native Infrastructure

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Australia, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the roadmap for Bazel build rules, React Native bundling, and code generation, ensuring a balance between immediate solutions and long-term foundations.

• Enhance Canva's mobile release and deployment tools, including Over-The-Air (OTA) updates and staged rollouts.

• Spearhead the gradual migration of mobile repositories into Canva's monorepo, maintaining continuity in build, testing, and release processes.

• Establish the quality-gating strategy throughout the build pipeline, proactively identifying issues related to reliability and speed.

• Advance the React Native build pipeline into a unified foundation that caters to both web and mobile platforms.

• Collaborate with Mobile Workflows, Cross Platform, Build Platform, and DevX teams to integrate fragmented tooling.

• Develop monitoring and health indicators for builds and releases.

• Provide mentorship to engineers, ensuring that established standards persist beyond individual projects.

• Define the technical vision for iOS and Android build systems, monorepo migration, and the React Native build pipeline.

• Create native foundations that enable all Canva teams to deliver mobile features effectively.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive, hands-on experience with Bazel, Gradle, or Xcode build systems at a production scale.

• Proven history of scoping and executing complex projects involving multiple teams, including migrations, monorepo consolidation, or large-scale build infrastructure.

• Solid native engineering expertise in iOS, Android, or both platforms.

• Experience in managing CI/CD or release pipelines that are critical for other teams.

• Capability to balance immediate delivery with long-term architectural goals and align external tooling changes with technical direction.

• Documentation and technical practices that have become reference benchmarks for fellow engineers.

• Familiarity with Bazel build rules, custom rule sets, and monorepo build configurations at significant scale.

• Experience in designing CI/CD quality gates and pipeline stages.

• Knowledge of React Native bundling, code generation, and native module integration in a production environment.

• In-depth understanding of the Xcode build system, including native iOS release configurations.

• Proficiency in Gradle, including native Android release configurations.

• Experience with OTA updates, staged rollouts, and mobile deployment infrastructure.

• Background in migrating or functioning within a large-scale monorepo.

• Nice to have: knowledge of cross-language interoperability, mobile performance profiling and optimization, platform advocacy, and experience with extensive established mobile user bases.

• Willingness to provide pronouns and any reasonable adjustments for interviews when applying.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity packages — we aim for our success to be yours as well.

• An inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and caregivers.

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to enhance your wellbeing, social connections, office setup, and more.

• Flexible leave options that empower you to make a positive impact, take time to recharge, and support your personal needs.

• Interviews are conducted virtually.