Effects Tool Engineer

Canva

Beijing, , China Hybrid permanent

Posted: March 9, 2026

Quick Summary

We are looking for an Effects Tool Engineer to join our team in Beijing, China. The role involves designing and developing video rendering infrastructure to facilitate seamless video creation and impact. Key responsibilities include developing intuitive tools and rendering infrastructure for Canva’s intelligent video editing experiences.

Job Description

About the Group/Team

We're the Video team within the Design Experience Supergroup, and we’re on a mission to empower every user to tell compelling visual stories through video. We build intuitive, powerful tools and rendering infrastructure that help users go from idea to impact—seamlessly. Together, we’re shaping the future of multimedia creation, and this role will be core to enabling innovation across Canva’s intelligent video editing experiences.

关于团队

我们是Design Experience Supergroup旗下的Video team，肩负着一项使命：赋能每一位用户通过视频讲述引人入胜的视觉故事。我们构建直观、强大的工具和渲染基础设施，帮助用户无缝地将想法转化为有影响力的作品。我们正共同塑造多媒体创作的未来，而这个职位将成为推动 Canva 智能视频编辑体验创新的核心力量。

About the Role/Specialty

This is a craft-focused engineering role at the intersection of real-time rendering, motion UX, and visual tooling. You’ll help shape our video effects tooling platform building intuitive, high-performance tools that unlock creativity at scale.

关于岗位

该岗位是一个以创意技术能力为核心的工程职位，聚焦于实时渲染、动效体验和特效工具平台的构建。你将参与搭建 Canva 的视频特效创作平台，打造高性能、易上手的视觉创作工具，服务全球创作者。

What you’ll do (responsibilities)

• Build intuitive and expressive effect editing tools for end users—similar to TikTok’s Effect House
• Design real-time editing and preview experiences for visual effects
• Develop effect modules such as shaders, transitions, and animation templates
• Partner with designers and creators to iterate on interaction patterns and workflows
• Ensure performance and compatibility across web, mobile, and desktop
• Maintain code quality and scalable architecture in a fast-moving product

工作职责

• 构建类 TikTok Effect House 的创作者特效编辑工具
• 设计支持实时预览和编辑的视觉特效体验
• 开发 shader、转场、动画模板等特效模块
• 与设计师和创作者合作，优化编辑工作流和交互方式
• 确保工具在 Web、移动端和桌面端的高性能和兼容性
• 保持高质量的代码和可扩展架构，支持产品持续快速迭代

What we're looking for

• Proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript, with experience in large-scale frontend applications.
• Experience building visual editors, design tools, or interactive UI/UX tooling
• Familiarity with performance profiling and optimisation for rendering-heavy applications
• Strong product thinking and empathy for end-user workflows (especially creative users)
• Experience with 3D engines editor (e.g., Three.js, Babylon.js, Unity, Unreal Engine)

任职要求

• 精通 JavaScript 或 TypeScript，具备大型前端系统开发经验
• 有视觉编辑器、创作工具或交互类产品的开发经验
• 熟悉性能调优方法，特别是在高渲染负载的应用中
• 具备良好的产品思维，能够站在创作者用户视角理解工作流需求
• 具备 3D 引擎编辑器开发经验有加分（如 Three.js、Babylon.js、Unity 或 Unreal Engine）

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