Engineering Manager - Cloud Infrastructure (AWS) at Canva (Sydney, Australia)

At Canva, we work every day to make a significant positive impact on society. Our mission is to democratise design and empower creativity for anyone and everyone, on every device platform. Since launch in April 2013 we have grown exponentially, amassing over 15 million users in over 100 languages. We are one of the world’s fastest-growing technology companies with software engineering being a core part of who we are. The infrastructure group at Canva has grown to over 50 people.  These amazing individuals are responsible for everything from developer efficiency, security and site reliability through to deployment and chaos engineering.  As the platform continues to scale, we want to welcome an experienced engineering leader to ensure the team scales with it - focused on technical leadership, growing the team, and empowering every single team member to grow and develop their skills and experience.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for growing and developing the infrastructure engineering division at Canva (currently 50 people), bringing on board world-class talent and nurturing the progression of current members within the team


• Drive delivery of large-scale projects from ideation to completion within start-up time frames to ensure Canva’s overall reliability, performance, security, and stability


• Take a customer-focused approach to technical leadership, working to strike a balance between company and team priorities


• Stakeholder management across the entire business – product leads, group heads, and the founders


• Be responsible for people leadership within the Infrastructure Group – mentoring, professional progression, and growth of your engineers


• Working with other engineering leaders to ensure we continue improving code quality, technical mentorship, staffing, recruitment, and retention


• Think ahead and build for the future as opposed to band-aid fixes for today – balancing the “getting things done” part of the job with long-term future-proofing of Canva’s infrastructure

Required Skills & Experience

• A hands-on technical background with ideally five or more (5+) years in technical leadership roles – planning, designing, and implementing cloud infrastructure projects


• Proven experience delivering massive-scale infrastructure projects, such as experience moving from single to multi-region on AWS


• Proven experience developing software in AWS environments or comparable (Google Cloud, Azure) platforms, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and managing production infrastructure


• Demonstrated experience leading teams of 30+ and contributing to their skills development and professional journeys


• Familiarity with JVM web application infrastructure is beneficial


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; with the ability to work with a diverse range of individuals from different backgrounds and with different professional needs


• Be capable of leading from the front by example – promoting Canva’s values, no-blame mentality, and engineering values

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salary, plus equity options


• Flexible working hours, we value work-life balance


• In-house chefs that cook delicious breakfast and lunch for us each day


• On-site gym; Yoga Membership


• Generous parental (including secondary) leave policy


• Pet-friendly offices


• Sponsored social clubs and team events

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