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Canva
Staff Engineer · Melbourne
Jan 2026–Present
- Founding engineer of Dream Lab, Canva’s first Leonardo.Ai integration.
Staff Engineer — Canva
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Service Record
Staff Engineer at Canva. Based in Victoria, Australia.
Staff software engineer with 20+ years building high-performance web applications. Staff Engineer at Canva, previously Staff Engineer at Leonardo.Ai, including founding engineering on Dream Lab. Based in Victoria, Australia.
Record 2005–2026 / Victoria, AUScroll
Summary
// In briefStaff software engineer with 20+ years building high-performance web applications. Staff Engineer at Canva, previously Staff Engineer at Leonardo.Ai, including founding engineering on Dream Lab. Based in Victoria, Australia.
Service
// Featured roles02 / 03
Leonardo.Ai
Staff Engineer Aug 2025–Dec 2025 · Senior Software Engineer May 2024–Aug 2025 · Melbourne
May 2024–Dec 2025
- Led React and TypeScript architectural refactors whose patterns were reused across features.
- Built shared components and utilities that more than one team adopted.
- Wrote documentation that turned architecture and QA practice into guidance other engineers could use.
- Raised the bar on maintainability and testing through code review.
- Brought AI programming tools into the engineering workflow.
- Seconded to Canva to build Dream Lab, integrating Leonardo.Ai image generation into Canva. Core stack: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Playwright, Testing Library, Sentry.
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The Walt Disney Company
User Interface Engineer · Melbourne
Mar 2015–Feb 2018
- Delivered websites, campaigns, and activations from prototype to production for Disney and Marvel properties.
- Built SPAs, games, and immersive experiences for Star Wars, Ant-Man, Captain America, and Moana.
- Prototyped Kinect, Unity, and AR/VR work, including WebAR and WebVR.
- Built component libraries and front-end architecture for Disney and Marvel web properties.
- Named projects: Captain America: Civil War, Star Wars — Choose Your Side, Antman Army, Moana: Search the Sea, I, Rebel (Rogue One), Marvel.com.au, ShopMyDisney.com.au.
Archive
// Earlier career / 9 roles- 2022–2024
Independent technical practice
Independent - 2021–2022
Senior User Interface Engineer
Doshii - 2020
Senior Frontend Developer
Silverpond - 2019–2020
Senior User Interface Engineer
Hyperkind - 2018–2019
UI Developer
Silverpond - 2013–2014
Lead Developer
Svelte Studios - 2010–2013
Front-end and Mobile Developer
Fusion - 2007–2010
Web Developer
The Cloud Concept - 2005–2007
Web Developer
Whitecursor
Systems
// Toolkit// Frontend
TypeScript·JavaScript·React·Next.js·Tailwind CSS·Angular·HTML·CSS
// Creative technology
Three.js·WebGL·Unity·Unreal Engine·Blender·AR/VR
// AI
AI product engineering·generative image tools·AI development tools·agentic workflows
// Platform
Playwright·Testing Library
Origin
// EducationStudy
Bachelor of Science
Area
Computer Science and Physics
Institution
Flinders University
Years
2002–2006