Engineering Manager (FE) - Ecosystem - Developer Experiences, Build (ANZ remote)

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, Auckland and Adelaide. 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

Role

At Canva, change is part of our DNA. The exact shape of this role will evolve over time, but to begin with you’ll focus on :

• Coaching and supporting a team of frontend engineers, helping them grow their careers, stay motivated, and deliver impactful work.
• Leading the team that builds the developer-facing tools, starter kits, and documentation that power the Canva Ecosystem and integrations.
• Driving the creation of beautiful, intuitive, and high-quality developer experiences — from CLIs and toolbars to rich documentation and starter projects.
• Ensuring all public-facing code and docs are of exceptional quality, setting a high bar for design, accessibility, performance, and maintainability.
• Acting as a champion for developer empathy, deeply understanding the workflows of external developers and building tools that are delightful, fast, and easy to use.
• Collaborating closely with PMs, designers, and other engineers across DX and Ecosystem to shape strategy and deliver on big-picture goals.
• Driving planning, refinement, and delivery of seasonal goals while ensuring alignment with broader group priorities.
• Leading by example : contributing to code, reviewing public PRs, and shaping the tone and voice of our developer documentation.
• Creating a team culture that values openness, quality, and developer happiness — where engineers do the best work of their careers.

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Why this role matters

The DX : Build team is Canva’s front door for developers. From starter kits and CLIs to the documentation on canva.dev, your team creates the tools and experiences that shape how thousands of developers build on Canva. The work is high-visibility, both inside Canva and in the broader developer community. This C1 role is pivotal in ensuring that every touchpoint with Canva’s developer platform is elegant, reliable, and delightful.

About The Team

With the proliferation of innovations in generative AI and as large organizations have increasingly complex workflows to manage their designs, Canva is well poised to become the platform that simplifies access and discovery of services related to visual design. We are already working with hundreds of developers to enable access to these exciting products with our Apps SDK and Canva public REST API!

The DX : Build team is Canva’s front door for developers. From starter kits and CLIs to the documentation on canva.dev, your team creates the tools and experiences that shape how thousands of developers build on Canva. The work is high-visibility, both inside Canva and in the broader developer community.

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

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.

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