Senior Technical Lead
1 month ago
Company Overview
At Manaventures, we are building a cutting-edge media platform to empower our users to design with every ingredient, on every device, whenever they design. Our team is passionate about delivering high-quality services that meet the needs of our diverse user base.
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Lead - Media Platform to join our team. As a key member of our engineering leadership, you will be responsible for leading a team of high-performing software engineers, setting goals and expectations, driving a culture of high performance, and participating in engineering designs and problem-solving.
Your Responsibilities Will Include:
- Leading a team that builds and maintains highly scaled backend services critical to most user interactions with Canva.
- Overseeing the design and implementation of scalable, high-performance solutions to support new features across Canva.
- Collaborating closely with both group leadership and product & design specialties to meet new product needs.
- Setting clear goals for the team, balancing product needs against the long-term health and cost of the owned services.
- Working closely with many teams and groups across the company to balance requests against overall company priorities.
- Communicating and collaborating with frontend, design, and other backend teams to integrate font and image-related services with the broader Canva product.
- Coach engineers by providing regular, practical feedback and collaboratively helping them reach their personal growth goals.
- Ensure code quality and maintainability through code reviews, testing, and adherence to best practices.
Requirements:
- Strong coaching skills and interpersonal skills, and can engage and motivate a team with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- Proven experience in leading and supporting engineering teams, fostering collaboration, providing feedback, and enabling high performance.
- Experience in building highly scalable, secure, and efficient backend services, ideally using Java.
- Firmly grounded in computer science and engineering fundamentals including concurrency, multithreading, data structures, solution design, architecture, and design patterns.
- Strong interpersonal skills to handle conflicts and difficult conversations.
- Proficient in working with cloud platforms and services.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to debug complex issues.
- Experience with large-scale datastores such as AWS Dynamo DB, S3, or equivalent.
Estimated Salary: $180,000 - $200,000 per annum (dependent on location and experience)
What We Offer:
- A competitive salary range of $180,000 - $200,000 per annum (dependent on location and experience)
- A comprehensive benefits package
- A collaborative and dynamic work environment
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
About Us:
Manaventures is a forward-thinking company that values innovation, creativity, and excellence. We are committed to delivering high-quality services that meet the needs of our diverse user base.
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