Senior Engineering Manager - Security Software Engineering

This role is based in Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Responsibilities:

• Managing two small teams of software engineers who design and implement software to reduce risk.
• Owning the strategy and roadmap for both teams, balancing security and developer experience.
• Coaching and developing engineers with regular feedback.
• Owning the team’s development methodology including sprint planning and retrospectives.
• Driving adoption of security systems across Canva engineering teams.

Required Experience:

• Experience managing a high-performing team.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to contribute to complex software architecture.
• Experience partnering with software engineering, SRE/DevOps, and compliance teams.
• Proficiency in languages such as Golang, Java, or Rust.
• Experience in building and operating cloud-based services.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience in a security domain (application sandboxing, encryption, etc).
• Understanding of the security products industry.
• Experience with infrastructure tools like Terraform, Helm, or K8s.
• Experience with CI/CD systems.