Senior Engineering Manager, Embedded Production

Canva; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity packages

Inclusive parental leave policy

Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance

Flexible leave options

Job summary

Canva is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Embedded sub-team within Production Engineering. You will guide a technically strong group of senior engineers across critical production challenges, balancing influence and authority to deliver reliable software and resilient platforms.

You’ll shape engagements, set direction, coach engineers, and build reusable practices across Canva. This role emphasizes cross‑org collaboration, trust with engineering leaders, and a focus on measurement of

Qualifications

• Led senior engineers and technical leads with autonomy.
• Produced reliability-focused software in production environments.
• Built trust and influence without traditional reporting lines.
• Led cross-org initiatives spanning multiple teams.
• Persuaded teams to adopt new engineering practices.
• Communicated complex trade-offs to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a technically strong group across critical production challenges.
• Set direction, coach senior engineers, and grow influence.
• Build reliability, observability, and tooling for platform rewrites.
• Influence teams across the org without direct control.
• Define engagement work, success metrics, and measure impact.

Skills

Leading senior engineers

Production exposure

Earned authority

Cross-org delivery

Driving adoption

Engineering leadership

CS fundamentals

Language depth Go/Python/Java/C++

Systems knowledge

Systems thinking

Reliability engineering

Scale and criticality

Tools

AWS

GCP

Job description

Canva is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Embedded sub-team within Production Engineering. You will guide a technically strong group of senior engineers across critical production challenges, balancing influence and authority to deliver reliable software and resilient platforms.

You’ll shape engagements, set direction, coach engineers, and build reusable practices across Canva. This role emphasizes cross‑org collaboration, trust with engineering leaders, and a focus on measurement of