Senior Engineering Manager (BE) - Visual Suite Platform - Remote across ANZ

5 Months ago • 8-12 Years • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Engineering Manager at Canva's Visual Suite Platform (VSP) team, you will lead and mentor a team of 20+ engineers focused on backend and machine learning support. Responsibilities include setting a vision, developing strategies to maximize efficiency, partnering with product and design teams for roadmap planning, growing the team, fostering a collaborative environment, and prioritizing critical tasks. The role requires experience in large distributed cloud environments (ideally AWS), building internal/external SDKs or APIs, and strong computer science fundamentals. You will work closely with senior engineers, facilitating knowledge sharing and advocating for engineering needs, while delivering solutions and features to customers globally. The ideal candidate has proven success leading multiple engineering squads and a track record of building diverse and high-performing teams.
Must have:
  • Proven success leading multiple engineering squads
  • Experience in large distributed cloud environments (AWS)
  • Strong computer science fundamentals
  • Experience building internal/external SDKs or APIs
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Good to have:
  • Experience with Java and/or Python
  • Experience with AI/ML integration
Perks:
  • Equity packages
  • Inclusive parental leave policy
  • 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. That means if you want to do your thing in the office (if you're near one), at home or a bit of both, it's up to you. 

Job Description

About the team

The Visual Suite Platform (VSP) Team is the bedrock of backend and machine learning support for the feature work done across our visual work suite products. There will be 20+ engineers in this team across both backend and machine learning, and will take on a steady mix of project work from our on-going roadmap, as well as the maintenance of our evergreen services.

While we have shipped world class products, there is still much to be done. We have a packed upcoming schedule of features that will take the Visual Suite to new heights. Expect a strong focus on both AI/ML integration, interactivity, and other power user features.

About the role

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you'll work closely with leaders across specialties, teams, and groups to set a vision, and rally teams to deliver it. You'll develop & implement strategies that take advantage of our teams strengths to maximise efficiency and velocity. You'll invest in the people around you and scale to support one of Canva’s key strategic areas.

Qualifications

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.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

  • Working with senior & staff level engineers to get a deep understanding of the problem domain
  • Build alignment & momentum towards a common goal across teams, groups, and timezones
  • Partnering with product and design for road mapping, planning resourcing and goal setting. Taking the vision of the product and making it happen
  • Grow a team vertically & horizontally - invest in our people & add new ones
  • Creating a collaborative & open team environment, where everyone can do the best work of their lives
  • Keeping situational awareness across multiple complicated workstreams & keeping the broader company informed.
  • Connect the dots from now to our long term product vision
  • Ruthlessly prioritise - keep us focused on the critical problems, and keep the noise away.
  • Design, develop and deploy solutions and hands-on software development – working closely with leads, designers, and product managers to deliver features and experiments to our customers worldwide
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing and optimally advocate for engineering needs
  • Models initiative and ownership in achieving goals, improving processes and solutions
  • Finds opportunities for cross-team collaboration to work on new insights and improvements that help achieve our goals

You're probably a match if you have:

  • Proven success people leading multiple squads of engineers, including team leads
  • Ability to run multiple streams of work, rallying a wide range of people, teams, and groups across the organisation towards a common goal
  • Balancing short-term pragmatism with a steadfast commitment to building the right thing for our long-term goals.
  • Track record of empowering other leaders and building a diverse team, while growing future leaders
  • Experience delivering a product from early stages to a full launch in a tightly constrained environment
  • You have experience working in large distributed cloud environments (ideally AWS)
  • Commercial experience in a software development environment, ideally with experience in building internal/external SDKs or APIs. Our backend stack consists of Java & Python, depending on the needs. Experience in either or both would be a bonus, but not required.
  • Firmly grounded computer science and engineering fundamentals including asynchronous programming, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns.
  • Passion for performance debugging and benchmarking
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.

Additional Information

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. 

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