Engineering Manager

**Canva’s Commitment and Mission**

**Ngā Manawanuitanga me ngā uaratanga o Canva
- At Canva, we celebrate diversity. We deeply believe that bringing together diversity of thoughts, perspectives and expression is key to building the best product, team and company. We look for many different skills and abilities, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. So, even if you don’t think you quite meet all of the skills listed or tick all the boxes, we’d still love to hear from you- Our mission at Canva is to empower the world to design and since launching in 2013, we have grown exponentially, amassing over 86 million monthly active users across 190 different countries and a team of over 3,000 peopleand the best bit is that we’ve only achieved 1% of what we know we’re capable of.- Join us and design your future.- About the Group & Speciality |
- **He kōrero e pā ana ki ōu mahi
- The S&R Group is responsible for supporting the infrastructure, platform & products that support the content discovery needs of Canva's wide user base. It enables our users to find the right template for their next pitch deck, the perfect picture for their promotional instagram post, and to quickly find the document they shared 2 weeks with their boss. Discoverable content, both in the form of templates and ingredients, is Canva’s moat.- Recommendations is the magic that users feel while interacting with Canva's content. It tailors the product to their needs, predicting the right ingredient to add to their design, presenting a set of categories or templates that they might use the next time they visit Canva or simply ranking our search results with their preferences always being at the top.- The S&R group needs a technical engineering manager to lead and grow the Search Platform team. This role will involve working with the various other teams in S&R to identify what platform capabilities are required to improve the velocity of product delivery in the group.**What you'll do | ŌU HAEPAPA**:

- Own and execute the strategy and development of search retrieval capabilities of the platform; working with other engineering and product leads in the S&R group and Canva wide teams.
- Drive annual and season planning, facilitated through bottoms up team inputs and feedback from key stakeholders, aligned with strategy and internal and external dependencies.
- Accountable for the delivery of goals across the team and maintain relationships with adjacent teams that rely on your team to move forward.
- People leadership and development - nurture and support the progression of the engineers within the team through coaching and performance feedback.
- Involved in hiring for growth - creating a team for the present and future needs of Canva
- Provide technical direction through reviewing design and architectural specs.
- Provide prioritisation pragmatically balancing strategic work with keeping the lights /tech debt.
- Foster a culture of high collaboration and communication, bridging the communication gap between your team and other teams at Canva.
- Responsible for maintaining a strong culture of operational excellence where your team is proactively improving the performance of critical services it owns.
- Responsible for building and maintaining a high performing empowered team that is delivering the most valuable outcomes, engaging with its customers (other Canva teams) and contributing to the success of the S&R group.
- Maintain a fun and rewarding environment of learning and celebration.

**About you | HE KŌRERO MŌU**:

- Technical background - having worked in a platform team as an IC or managed a platform focussed team previously.
- Has strong interpersonal skills & can engage a senior heavy team
- Has experience in building a DevOps & On-call culture within a team (Nice to have)
- Worked with search related technologies & teams previously - Elasticsearch, Solr, etc.

**Working at Canva**

**Tō mahi ki te Canva
- Our culture is unlike anywhere else and we design your #CanvaLife experience to empower you to do the best work of your life.- Whether you’re in the office, working from home or choosing your own adventure, our benefits for permanent Canvanauts include:
- Our benefits for permanent Canvanauts include: Flexible hours and working fully remotely from anywhere in New Zealand, which values your work-life balance because you know how you work best.
- Unique and flexible leave so you can recharge, give back, support others or focus on your own professional development.
- An inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey.
- An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance. This is for you to spend on whatever will support your wellbeing and development. Because you know what you need to Vibe and Thrive, better than anyone.
- We have virtual wellness & development benefits including Canva University, Employee Assistant Programs, Fitness & Yoga Classes and other