Engineering Manager (full-stack) - Product Analytics

Summary

Join Canva's Product Insights Enablement group as an Engineering Manager to lead a team building data infrastructure, backend services, and clients for behavioral analytics and system telemetry. You will drive the design and evolution of scalable event ingestion and processing systems, partnering with various teams to ensure system impact and reliability. Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, embedding privacy-by-design principles, and shaping how data informs decision-making at Canva. The ideal candidate possesses experience leading engineering teams focused on data platforms and backend infrastructure, a deep understanding of distributed systems, and a product mindset. Canva offers equity packages, inclusive parental leave, a wellbeing allowance, and flexible leave options.

Requirements

• You bring experience leading engineering teams focused on data platforms and backend infrastructure
• You have a deep understanding of distributed systems, event processing, or analytics pipelines
• You’ve worked with frontend instrumentation at scale, and understand how to manage and evolve clients that are embedded across every page of an application
• You’re comfortable coaching engineers across both frontend and backend, and guiding architecture decisions
• You love coaching and mentoring engineers and have a track record in making people grow and do their best work
• You approach problems with a product mindset and collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to drive impact
• You care about data ethics and apply privacy-by-design principles in your work
• You’re passionate about empowering others to make data-informed decisions through reliable and accurate data
• You value clear, concise communication – whether it's explaining technical decisions, guiding your team, or aligning with stakeholders, you make complex ideas accessible to everyone
• You thrive in ambiguity, set clear direction, and inspire alignment across diverse teams

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers building the data infrastructure, backend services and clients to capture and connect behavioural analytics and system telemetry
• Drive the design and evolution of scalable event ingestion and processing systems
• Partner with teams across product, infra, and data to ensure systems are impactful and reliable
• Embed privacy-by-design principles into our tracking architecture
• Foster a high-performing team through coaching, feedback, and inclusive leadership
• Help shape the future of how data informs decision-making across Canva by supporting other services of the group e.g. A/B testing with the foundations and data required

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, take time to recharge and supports you personally