Engineering Manager (full-stack) - Feature Control, Remote ANZ
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
Job Description
Where and How You Can Work
Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have campuses in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. You have the choice to work wherever and however you prefer – we trust our Canvanauts to pick the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.
What You'd Be Doing In This Role
As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. This section gives you a flavour of the type of work you'll see in the role, while the details are likely to evolve.
At The Moment, This Role Is Focused On
Leading the team that owns Canva's internal feature flagging and progressive delivery platform.
Leading a talented team of backend and frontend engineers, creating the conditions for them to thrive.
Defining and evolving the strategy of our Feature Control platform, working conjointly with other teams in the group to connect with related services.
Partnering with data and product leaders to ensure measurement is embedded into launches.
Owning the technical roadmap and delivery for Canva's rollout and flags infrastructure.
Collaborating with engineering leaders to promote safe deployment patterns across Canva.
Advocating for and implementing observability and health monitoring across rollouts.
Building strong relationships with other platform teams to integrate safely into Canva's stack.
You're Probably a Match If
Have led engineering teams across both frontend and backend infrastructure.
Bring deep technical expertise in feature flagging, rollout systems, or developer platforms.
Are comfortable coaching engineers across the stack and guiding architectural decisions that scale.
Have experience with modern, polyglot environments – at Canva, we primarily use Java, TypeScript, Go and platforms like AWS.
Love mentoring and have a track record of helping people grow and thrive.
Think like a product partner, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver impact.
Communicate clearly – whether unpacking technical decisions or aligning stakeholders.
Thrive in ambiguity, set clear direction, and bring others along on the journey.
About the Team
The Feature Control team sits within the Product Insights Enablement (PIE) group and plays a critical role in rolling out changes safely to our 200M+ users. We provide tools and infrastructure to gradually roll out new features. Our mission is to help every team at Canva ship with confidence. From rollout infrastructure to feature flags, we're building the systems that support safe, scalable product development across the company, partnering deeply with product, data and engineering.
What's in It for You
Achieving our big goals motivates us to work hard – and we do – but you'll also experience moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva. We offer a range of benefits to set you up for success both inside 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 support you personally.
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.
Job Details
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Information Technology
Industries: Software Development
Remote location: ANZ (Australia & New Zealand)
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