Canva
Engineering Manager - Video Performance (Bay area only)
Found: Today
Location:
San Francisco, CA, United States
Compensation:
$175,000 to $270,000
Responsibilities:
- Hiring, mentoring, and supporting a specialized team of performance and systems engineers.
- Shaping the long-term performance roadmap for the Video Group.
- Partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure performance considerations are integrated into product development.
- Driving delivery of performance-related improvements and internal tooling.
- Defining and tracking key performance indicators aligned with company goals.
- Contributing to technical design reviews for scalability and efficiency.
Requirements:
- Proven experience leading engineering teams in fast-moving environments.
- Strong systems thinking across frontend, backend, and native engines.
- Ability to translate performance ambitions into actionable engineering roadmaps.
- Comfortable using telemetry and A/B testing for evaluating technical improvements.
Nice to have:
- Experience with cross-platform engines (C++, WebAssembly).
- Familiarity with performance considerations in Generative AI and ML.
- Deep knowledge of mobile performance ecosystems.