Senior Engineering Manager, Ecosystem Experiences - remote

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

Our flagship campus is in Sydney, Australia but in Aotearoa, we have a hub in Auckland that we call home to our local operations. And with that, you have choice in how and where you work. That means if you want to do your thing at our Auckland hub (if you’re nearby) or at home or a bit of both, it’s up to you.

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.

The Experiences group recently scaled to 25+ engineers across three large teams who build our App Marketplace, Developer Portal, and SDKs (including developer tooling, starter kit, examples, docs, etc.).

As the Engineering Manager of this subgroup, you will be responsible for building impactful and cohesive teams aligned in reaching the group’s vision. You will play a vital role in setting the engineering strategy to ensure we offer secure and reliable products while managing debt and delivery tradeoffs as we work toward our crazy big goals. An outstanding opportunity in this role is that the customers are developers, which means Canva engineers can bring insights into our product roadmap.

What you’d be doing in this role

• Drive vision-setting, strategy and planning for the group in collaboration with Product and Design.
• Collaborate with Canva engineers to scope and solve complex problems that are highly impactful to Ecosystem goals.
• Coach three engineering managers and some of the individual contributors out of the wider group of 25+ engineers.
• Create impactful and highly engaged teams of elite engineers building for billions of users.
• Nurture the progression of current members within the team, crafting a team for the present and future needs of Canva.
• Drive planning, refinement and delivery of seasonal goals, ensuring alignment across the group and teams.

You’re probably a match if

• Experience leading multiple successful teams through leading leaders guided by company or specialty missions, goals, and strategies.
• Prior experience working in teams that support developers isbeneficial but not required (such as a public ecosystem or internal platform teams).
• Be a thought leader while working collaboratively with engineers and PMs to build a fabulous product for Canva Users and Developers.
• Use your experience as a software engineer to lead engineering strategy by driving pragmatic tradeoffs and prioritising tech projects such as scaling and debt recovery at the right time.
• Proven expertise in inspiring others to achieve their full potential and enabling the leaders within your organisation to build diverse, impactful teams
• Be capable of leading by example –promoting Canva’s values, no-blame mentality, and engineering values.

About the team

We aim to build the world’s richest Ecosystem of apps and integrations for visual design and communications that supercharge Canva’s ability to meet the diverse needs of a billion users and drive Canva’s MAU growth.

With the proliferation of innovations in generative AI and as large organizations have increasingly complex workflows to manage their designs, Canva is well poised to become the platform that simplifies access and discovery of services related to visual design. We are already working with hundreds of developers to enable access to these exciting products with our Apps SDK and Canva public REST API!

As one of the groups in Ecosystem, the Experiences group is at the heart of our two-sided marketplace between Developers and Canva Users. It consists of the App Experiences teams, who focus on the growth of our app marketplace, which covers how Canva users discover and use apps and the Developer Experience teams, who focus on how app developers build, administer and grow their apps.

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 stack 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.

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.