Engineering Manager - Fonts & Images Processing

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

About the Group/Team

The Media Platform group crafts services to empower users designing with every ingredient, on every device, whenever they design. In the Fonts & Images Processing team you will build services and tools to ingest, process and deliver fonts & images for millions of daily users.

Your day-to-day activities will consist of leading a team of high performing software engineers, setting goals and expectations for the team, driving a culture of high performance, whilst participating in engineering designs and problem solving.

About the Role/Specialty

Fonts & Images Processing owns the services that process and deliver fonts & images to our users. Fonts and images are core building blocks of the Canva experience, driving the need for continuous improvements in how we process and deliver them. This role sits at the heart of that effort, building high-performance, low-latency systems that enable a seamless experience when using fonts and images in Canva.

What you’ll do (responsibilities)

• Lead a team of engineers developing and maintaining Java backend services and tools for fonts and images processing.

• Oversee the buildout of some of the early C++ backend services in Canva

• Work with lead engineers to design and implement scalable, high-performance systems for processing large volumes of fonts and images content.

• Collaborate closely with both group leadership, and product & design specialties, to meet new product needs.

• Set clear goals for the team; balancing product needs against the long term health and cost of the owned services.

• Work closely with many teams and groups across the company to balance requests against overall company priorities.

• Communicate and collaborate with frontend, design, and other backend teams to integrate font and image related services with the broader Canva product.

• Coach engineers by providing regular, practical feedback and collaboratively helping them reach their personal growth goals.

• Ensure code quality and maintainability through code reviews, testing, and adherence to best practices.

What we're looking for

• Strong coaching skills and interpersonal skills, and can engage and motivate a team with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

• Proven experience in leading and supporting engineering teams, fostering collaboration, providing feedback, and enabling high performance.

• Experience in building highly scalable, secure and efficient backend services, ideally using C++/Java.

• Firmly grounded computer science and engineering fundamentals including concurrency, multithreading, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns.

• Strong interpersonal skills to handle conflicts and difficult conversations.

• Proficient in working with cloud platforms and services.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to debug complex issues.

• Worked with large-scale datastore such as AWS DynamoDB, S3, or equivalent.

What's in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Here's a taste of what's on offer:

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more

• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.