Engineering Manager (BE) Ecosystem - Integration Platform and Products

1 Month ago • All levels • Product Management

Job Summary

Job Description

Canva is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a new team focused on delivering public REST APIs (Connect API) for their third-party developer ecosystem. This role involves driving high-impact backend engineering for integration capabilities used by strategic enterprise partners, and partnering with product, design, and developer platform teams to deliver platform outcomes. You will build and refine scalable API foundations and foster a team culture that supports experimentation, safety, and continuous feedback, enabling agentic workflows and cross-team integrations within Canva's evolving ecosystem. The ideal candidate is a technical and people leader with experience coaching high-performing teams, a strong backend background (ideally in Java) with AWS knowledge, and excels in ambiguous, fast-paced environments with a product mindset. Strong communication skills to influence stakeholders are essential.
Must have:
  • Technical and people leadership experience
  • Coaching high-performing engineering teams
  • Strong backend engineering background (Java)
  • Working knowledge of AWS
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments
  • Product mindset aligning engineering with outcomes
  • Balancing tech vision with rapid delivery
  • Clear communication and stakeholder influence
Good to have:
  • Experience with public REST APIs
  • Building scalable API foundations
  • Fostering team culture of experimentation
Perks:
  • Equity packages
  • Inclusive parental leave
  • Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance
  • Flexible leave options

Job Details

Company Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte!

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. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

Job Description

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.

This role will see you:

  • Leading a newly formed team to deliver public REST APIs (Connect API) for Canva’s third-party developer ecosystem

  • Driving high-impact backend engineering across integration capabilities used by strategic enterprise partners

  • Partnering with product, design, and developer platform teams to shape and deliver meaningful platform outcomes

  • Building and refining scalable API foundations that serve internal and external developers

  • Creating a thriving team culture that supports experimentation, safety, and continuous feedback

  • Enabling agentic workflows and cross-team integrations in Canva’s evolving ecosystem

You're probably a match if

  • You are a technical and people leader with experience coaching high-performing engineering teams

  • You have a strong background in the backend space, ideally in Java, and working knowledge of AWS

  • You thrive in ambiguous environments with competing priorities and fast-moving roadmaps

  • Yo9u have a product mindset—understanding how to align engineering with user and business outcomes

  • You know how to balance long-term tech vision with rapid delivery

  • Your communication is key and you communicate clearly and influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders

About the team

The Integration Capabilities team is part of Canva’s Ecosystem supergroup—focused on building a thriving third-party developer platform. We power the foundations behind Canva’s public API and integration stack, enabling seamless connections with external services and tools. Our mission is to build a delightful, scalable experience that empowers developers inside and outside Canva to build what’s next.

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 range 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.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.

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