Engineering Manager (Full Stack) - Ad Publish & Insights, Canva Grow - ANZ Remote

As an Engineering Manager for the Ad Publish & Insights team within Canva Grow, you will lead a high-impact engineering team to develop features for marketers to publish, manage, and optimize campaigns across major ad platforms. This involves guiding technical strategy for frontend and backend systems, including performance insights and LLM-powered tools. You will also build and mentor a scalable engineering team, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and champion operational excellence, all while shaping systems from the ground up with a startup spirit at Canva's scale.

Must Have

• Lead engineering team for ad campaign publishing and optimization.
• Guide technical strategy for frontend and backend systems.
• Build and scale high-performing engineering teams.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Data, and Ecosystem teams.
• Champion quality, performance, observability, and operational excellence.
• Drive new ad platform integrations and publishing flow improvements.
• Excited by greenfield opportunities and solving new problems.
• Lead autonomously in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Energized by shaping systems and strategies from scratch.
• Possess deep technical depth and a desire for leadership growth.
• Enjoy growing others through coaching and mentorship.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in complex technical environments.

Perks & Benefits

• Equity packages
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
• 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

Company Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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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, Adelaide and Auckland. 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 high-impact engineering team to develop features that empower marketers to publish, manage, and optimise campaigns across major ad platforms
• Guiding technical strategy across both frontend and backend systems — including performance insights, publish integrations, and LLM-powered tools
• Building a scalable, high-performing team of engineers by coaching, mentoring, and hiring talent
• Collaborating closely with Product, Design, Data, and Ecosystem teams to align strategy and delivery
• Championing quality, performance, observability, and operational excellence across services
• Driving key initiatives like new ad platform integrations, publishing flow improvements, and creative recommendation enhancements

You're probably a match if

• You're excited by greenfield opportunities and love solving fresh, meaningful problems in new domains
• You lead with autonomy and thrive in fast-paced environments with evolving priorities
• You're energised by shaping systems and strategies from the ground up — with startup spirit and scale in mind
• You bring deep technical depth and a desire to grow your leadership craft
• You enjoy growing others through coaching, mentorship, and setting a high bar for quality
• You have experience leading cross-functional teams in complex technical environments

About the team

We're Canva Grow, one of Canva’s newest product groups, born from the acquisition of MagicBrief. Our mission is to build the surface inside Canva that brings creativity, data, and insights together — helping businesses grow through better advertising.

Advertising, when done well, connects people with things they love. Our goal is to help every business create ads that are effective, creative, and respectful of attention. We’re scaling fast, with the agility of a startup and the backing of Canva’s global platform.

You'll be joining the Ad Publish & Insights team — leading product development at the intersection of publishing systems, creative performance, and integrated ad platforms.

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.