Engineering Manager Fonts & Images Processing
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14 hours ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the Group/Team
The Media Platform group crafts services to empower users designing with every ingredient on every device whenever they the Fonts & Images Processing team you will build services and tools to ingest process and deliver fonts & images for millions of daily users.
Your day-to-day activities will consist of leading a team of high performing software engineers setting goals and expectations for the team driving a culture of high performance whilst participating in engineering designs and problem solving.
About the Role/Specialty
Fonts & Images Processing owns the services that process and deliver fonts & images to our users. Fonts and images are core building blocks of the Canva experience driving the need for continuous improvements in how we process and deliver them. This role sits at the heart of that effort building high-performance low-latency systems that enable a seamless experience when using fonts and images in Canva.
What youll do (responsibilities)
Lead a team of engineers developing and maintaining Java backend services and tools for fonts and images processing.
Oversee the buildout of some of the early C backend services in Canva
Work with lead engineers to design and implement scalable high-performance systems for processing large volumes of fonts and images content.
Collaborate closely with both group leadership and product & design specialties to meet new product needs.
Set clear goals for the team; balancing product needs against the long term health and cost of the owned services.
Work closely with many teams and groups across the company to balance requests against overall company priorities.
Communicate and collaborate with frontend design and other backend teams to integrate font and image related services with the broader Canva product.
Coach engineers by providing regular practical feedback and collaboratively helping them reach their personal growth goals.
Ensure code quality and maintainability through code reviews testing and adherence to best practices.
What were looking for
Strong coaching skills and interpersonal skills and can engage and motivate a team with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Proven experience in leading and supporting engineering teams fostering collaboration providing feedback and enabling high performance.
Experience in building highly scalable secure and efficient backend services ideally using C/Java.
Firmly grounded computer science and engineering fundamentals including concurrency multithreading data structures solution design architecture and design patterns.
Strong interpersonal skills to handle conflicts and difficult conversations.
Proficient in working with cloud platforms and services.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to debug complex issues.
Worked with large-scale datastore such as AWS DynamoDB S3 or equivalent.
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
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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
