Engineering Manager (FE) Team Expansion

About the Group/Team

The Admin Experience Group is on a mission to revolutionise how large teams utilise and administer Canva. We deeply understand the needs of our diverse customers ranging from classrooms to workplaces. Our primary focus is to design new features that empower our users with flexible configuration and robust team management capabilities.

As a close-knit group we thrive on collaborative problem-solving and brainstorming sessions where we come together to tackle challenges and generate innovative ideas. You will play a crucial role in helping us execute on our vision. Join us on this exciting journey as we shape the way teams & organizations work with Canva.

About the Role/Specialty

We are looking for an Engineering Manager with product delivery expertise to help us achieve our goals.

Youll coach and mentor other engineers to help them do their best work while partnering with multi-functional leads to roadmap goals and milestones. Youll be communicating with partners from outside the team to ensure project alignment and coordination. Youll be responsible for sustainable development and operational excellence.

What youll do (responsibilities)

• Lead and coach a motivated team of 4-6 engineers

• Be responsible for break-down and delivery of large projects

• Mentor members of the team on technical approaches

• Be accountable for the operation of services (including on-call support as part of the team roster 1 week out of every 4-6 week)

• Work with senior members of the team to guide the technical vision 

• Support coachee growth via feedback reviews 

• Take responsibility for the code that the team ships

• Design develop and deploy solutions and hands-on software development working closely with leads designers and product managers

• Foster a impactful and healthy team via a healthy code review culture knowledge sharing design showcases and process improvements

• Promote a safe and healthy culture with a focus on collaboration and open communication while advocating for engineering needs to non-technical stakeholders within the group

What were looking for

• Experience leading a team of software engineers building high-performing and collaborative teams.

• Experience owning and operating services with a healthy balance of delivery leadership people leadership and technical skills.

• Strong customer focus to understand the use cases and requirements of our customers.

• Ability to lead by example; promote Canvas values no-blame mentality and engineering values.

• Experience working cross-functionally with Product Managers Designers and other business functions outside of engineering.

Additional Information :

Whats in it for you

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but youll 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.

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 & 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

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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 dont feel like your skills quite match whats listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time