Engineering Manager (iOS/android/frontend) - Cross Platform - Remote ANZ

Location: Team Engineering

Team: Country Melbourne / Australia

About the Role

At Canva, we're redefining how the world experiences design, empowering billions of users to create visual stories that spark ideas and connections. As Engineering Manager (iOS/Android/Frontend) - Cross Platform - Remote ANZ, you'll lead our Cross Platform team within the Client Platform group, building the shared infrastructure that powers seamless experiences across iOS, Android, and web. This is your chance to shape hybrid development at massive scale, enabling product teams to ship innovative, design-focused features fast and reliably while fostering a collaborative culture of craft and growth. You'll guide a talented team of mobile and frontend engineers, owning the evolution of our cross-platform architecture—from navigation and rendering to offline support and blazing performance. By uplifting developer experiences through superior tooling, testing, and observability, you'll empower Canva's engineering community to focus on creativity. Partnering with product and design leaders, you'll define strategies that balance short-term delivery with long-term maintainability, all while cultivating rituals that prioritize team wellbeing and inclusive excellence in our remote ANZ setup. Canva's innovative spirit thrives on clarity amid ambiguity, scaling through empowered teams, and celebrating diverse backgrounds. If you're energized by technical leadership, passionate about coaching, and driven to build systems that delight millions, join us in Sydney, Melbourne, or remotely across ANZ. We're building the future of design together—g'day from the team making magic happen.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing team of mobile and frontend engineers delivering hybrid development capabilities at scale
• Own and evolve cross-platform architecture covering navigation, rendering, offline support, and performance
• Uplift developer experience with improved tooling, testing pipelines, observability, and local dev flows
• Define technical strategy in partnership with engineering, product, and design leaders
• Foster a culture of clarity, craft, and continuous improvement within the team
• Build rituals supporting team wellbeing, delivery excellence, and inclusive collaboration
• Drive initiatives enabling product teams to ship fast, reliably, and consistently across iOS, Android, and web
• Collaborate across Canva's Client Platform group to bridge native mobile and web experiences
• Mentor engineers on best practices for design-focused, scalable client-side development
• Measure and optimize team impact on Canva's billions of users through key metrics and observability

Required Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams in mobile or frontend domains, ideally with hybrid or native mobile experience (Swift, Kotlin, React, React Native, TypeScript)
• Proven track record of driving architectural decisions impacting hundreds of developers or millions of users
• Demonstrated ability to create clarity in ambiguous environments and scale through others
• Strong passion for coaching, people growth, and building high-performing, inclusive teams
• Experience defining technical strategy with engineering, product, and design leaders
• Deep commitment to delivery excellence, system health, and long-term maintainability
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cross-platform architecture including navigation, rendering, offline support, and performance optimization
• Background in uplifting developer experience through tooling, testing pipelines, and observability
• Previous leadership in design-forward tech companies with collaborative cultures
• Familiarity with Canva's tech stack or similar scalable consumer platforms
• Experience fostering team wellbeing and delivery rituals in remote/hybrid environments

Required Skills

• Technical leadership in mobile (iOS/Android) and frontend development
• Hybrid/cross-platform expertise (React Native, Swift, Kotlin, React, TypeScript)
• Architectural design for scalable systems impacting millions of users
• Developer tooling, testing pipelines, and observability implementation
• People management and coaching for high-performing teams
• Strategic thinking and cross-functional collaboration with product/design
• Creating clarity and driving execution in ambiguous environments
• Performance optimization for navigation, rendering, and offline support
• Fostering inclusive, empowered team cultures
• Ritual-building for wellbeing and delivery excellence
• Remote/hybrid team leadership
• Design-forward mindset for consumer-facing experiences
• Metrics-driven decision making and system health monitoring
• Continuous improvement and craft advocacy

Benefits

• Equity packages to share in Canva's success
• Inclusive parental leave policy supporting all parents and carers
• Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance for wellbeing, connection, and home office setup
• Flexible leave for recharging, volunteering, or personal pursuits
• Internal coaching programs and world-class leadership development
• Hybrid work options across ANZ with trust in your work-life balance
• Collaborative culture with moments of magic, connection, and fun
• Access to flagship campuses in Sydney and Melbourne, plus co-working spaces

Canva is an equal opportunity employer.