Engineering Manager- Specialist Experience & Platform - Java

Canva
Sydney
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Mentoring","Collaboration","Strategic planning"]

Lead a team building custom backend software for a “magical” support experience, while also serving as custodians of customer data and owning key security considerations. Drive technical strategy and roadmap for platform capabilities, balancing robustness, governance, and high-impact enablement. Collaborate across User Voice and Canva to integrate toward a common AI-enabled foundation, with a focus on engineering quality and AI governance.

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Engineering Manager- Specialist Experience & Platform - Java

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Job Summary

Lead a team building custom backend software for a “magical” support experience, while also serving as custodians of customer data and owning key security considerations. Drive technical strategy and roadmap for platform capabilities, balancing robustness, governance, and high-impact enablement. Collaborate across User Voice and Canva to integrate toward a common AI-enabled foundation, with a focus on engineering quality and AI governance.
Location: Sydney
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Coach, mentor, and grow engineers building platform capabilities, fostering psychological safety and innovation.
  • •Lead the team’s technical strategy and roadmap in collaboration with program managers, enablement teams, and engineering teams across User Voice and Canva.
  • •Drive planning and refinement of team goals, balancing platform robustness, high-impact enablement, and engineering practices.
  • •Facilitate cross-team collaboration from spikes and MVPs through to full integration on a common foundation for agents.
  • •Champion engineering quality, AI governance, and contribution standards, and align priorities and resourcing with User Voice leadership.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:EquityParental LeaveRemote WorkFlexible Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Experienced engineering manager with a proven track record of leading teams and delivering at scale.
  • •Strong technical depth in backend engineering and the ability to make sound architectural decisions.
  • •Interest in AI and LLM-powered products, with curiosity about applying the technology at scale.
  • •Ability to balance platform thinking (reliability, scalability, governance) with product thinking (user outcomes and business value).
  • •Excellent communication skills to translate platform work into business value across cross-functional stakeholders.
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipMentoringCollaborationStrategic planning
Languages:English
Tech Stack:JavaBackend engineeringAILLMMCP server

Company Brief

Canva
Canva is an online visual communications platform that provides drag-and-drop design tools, templates, and media assets for creating presentations, social media graphics, videos, documents and more, serving individuals and large enterprises globally.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Founded: 2012
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