Engineering Manager (FE) Learning Experience (Remote ANZ)
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Job Location:
Auckland - New Zealand
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
11-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
Hey gday mabuhay kia ora 你好 hallo vítejte!
Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time-consuming and youre probably keen to find out whats on offer so well 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 a choice in where and how you workwe trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.
What youd be doing in this role
This year the Learning Experience groups mission is to ignite creativity in every learner by being fun and accessible saving teachers and course creators time and looking after every learnerwhether in school on campus or in the workplace. We want Canva to evolve into a best-in-class learning tool that drives engagement and long-term retention.
During the first half of 2025 were focused on giving teachers compelling reasons to invite their students by launching new features that make learning more engaging in Canva and increasing the visibility and utility of existing ones (like Courses Lessons and interactive elements).
As an Engineering Manager youll:
Lead a motivated frontend engineering team focused on building AI-generated learning content and a new learning library
Help design and deliver intuitive scalable user experiences for learners and educators
Collaborate cross-functionally with design product and data partners to shape meaningful solutions
Drive technical strategy and lead team rituals like planning retros and reviews
Coach and mentor engineers through regular feedback and career growth conversations
Set clear team goals and foster an open inclusive high-performing culture
Actively contribute to feature developmentthis is a hands-on leadership role
Stay current with frontend best practices and help continuously improve performance and usability
What you bring to the role
Strong experience in frontend engineering (ideally in TypeScript/React or similar) with a passion for crafting seamless and accessible user experiences
Prior leadership experience coaching engineers and managing high-performing teams
A pragmatic approach to deliveryyoure able to break ambitious ideas into actionable measurable outcomes
Product sensibility and empathy for end users especially educators and learners
Experience in the learning or ed-tech sector is a big plus especially if youve built tools that help people teach or learn
The ability to lead with context not controlyoure great at setting direction while empowering your team to solve problems
Experience collaborating in cross-functional squads (design PM data QA)
Comfort getting hands-on with code when needed to support the team
A growth mindset and a love of learningyoure curious adaptable and excited about Canvas mission to democratize design and education
Whats in it for you
Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hardand we dobut youll experience lots of moments of magic connection and fun woven throughout life at Canva too. We also offer a range of benefits to support your success in and outside of work.
Heres a taste of whats on offer:
Equity packages we want our success to be yours too
Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers
An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing social connection office setup & more
Flexible leave options that empower you to recharge give back and take care of yourself
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Hospitality Experience
- Go
- Management Experience
- React
- Redux
- Node.js
- AWS
- Mechanical Engineering
- Team Management
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
- Distributed Systems
About Company
We're a global online visual communications platform on a mission to empower the world to design. Featuring a simple drag-and-drop user interface and a vast range of templates ranging from presentations, documents, websites, social media graphics, posters, apparel to videos, plus a hu ... View more
