# Mo Kargas

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.

## Experience

### Canva

Staff Engineer, Jan 2026–Present

- Founding engineer of Dream Lab, Canva’s first Leonardo.Ai integration.

### Leonardo.Ai

Staff Engineer, Aug 2025–Dec 2025
Senior Software Engineer, May 2024–Aug 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.

### Independent

Independent technical practice, Unreal Engine, Blender, and generative tools, May 2022–Apr 2024

### Doshii

Senior User Interface Engineer, Doshii, Mar 2021–May 2022

### Silverpond

Senior Frontend Developer, Silverpond, Mar 2020–Jul 2020

### Hyperkind

Senior User Interface Engineer, Hyperkind, Jul 2019–Jan 2020

### Silverpond

UI Developer, Silverpond, Jun 2018–Mar 2019

### The Walt Disney Company

User Interface Engineer, 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.

### Svelte Studios

Lead Developer, Svelte Studios, Oct 2013–Dec 2014

### Fusion

Front-end and Mobile Developer, Fusion, May 2010–Sep 2013

### The Cloud Concept

Web Developer, The Cloud Concept, Mar 2007–May 2010

### Whitecursor

Web Developer, Whitecursor, Mar 2005–Jan 2007

## Skills

### 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

## Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Physics, Flinders University, 2002–2006

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mokargas/