Engineering Manager - Elements Experience

This role is based in Sydney, Australia.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Elements Experience team, delivering AI-powered content features across Canva's editor.
• Set the technical vision for user content discovery and exploration.
• Partner with Product, Design, and platform teams while mentoring engineers.
• Use metrics and experimentation to drive decisions and build a culture of curiosity.
• Maintain high standards for reliability and performance across services.
• Support and grow a high-performing team of ~7 engineers.

Requirements:

• Experience as an engineering leader across frontend, backend, and ML.
• Ability to coach and develop engineers while shipping products.
• Metrics-minded with a curiosity about user behavior.
• Strong product sensibility and operational excellence.
• Strategic direction-setting and hands-on technical support.