Engineering Manager (FE), Editor Content Experience

Summary

Join Canva's Editor Content Experience team as an Engineering Manager, leading a team of 7 engineers to enhance the user experience. You will drive product and architectural innovations, refine frontend and search architecture, and collaborate across teams to deliver unified content discovery. This role requires a strong track record of building high-performing teams, navigating stakeholders, and fluency in modern frontend development (particularly React). The position offers equity packages, inclusive parental leave, a wellbeing allowance, and flexible leave options. Canva values diverse skills and backgrounds and encourages applications from all.

Requirements

• You have a strong track record building inclusive, high-performing teams that are deeply collaborative and driven by purpose
• You can navigate and align a wide range of engineering, product, and design stakeholders
• You’re fluent in modern frontend development (particularly React) and comfortable diving into search infrastructure, even if you’re not hands-on coding daily
• You love coaching engineers and seeing them grow, and you’re confident making decisions that balance user needs, product strategy, and engineering health
• You’re energised by complexity and know how to bring clarity and direction in fast-moving environments

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 7 engineers (including senior and staff-level talent) to evolve Canva’s Editor content experience
• Drive product and architectural innovations to enhance how users discover templates, elements, and other creative ingredients
• Refine frontend and search architecture to support personalization, contextual discovery, and offline experiences
• Removing barriers for internal teams to self-serve content into the Object Panel
• Collaborating across the Discovery Group to deliver unified and meaningful content discovery pathways

Benefits

• 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, recharge and support you personally