Canva
SaaS • Media • Education
Canva is a versatile online design platform that empowers users to create a wide range of professional designs with ease. From social media posts and presentations to business cards and posters, Canva provides thousands of templates and design tools to help users bring their creative ideas to life. The platform also offers a suite of AI-powered features to enhance creativity and productivity, including tools like Magic Write for copy generation and Magic Edit for photo transformations. Canva caters to individuals, teams, and enterprises, making it an ideal solution for collaborative design and workflow management. It is also committed to sustainability and social impact, offering free educational and nonprofit access to its premium features.
Engineering Manager – Learning Experience
November 11
Canva
SaaS • Media • Education
Canva is a versatile online design platform that empowers users to create a wide range of professional designs with ease. From social media posts and presentations to business cards and posters, Canva provides thousands of templates and design tools to help users bring their creative ideas to life. The platform also offers a suite of AI-powered features to enhance creativity and productivity, including tools like Magic Write for copy generation and Magic Edit for photo transformations. Canva caters to individuals, teams, and enterprises, making it an ideal solution for collaborative design and workflow management. It is also committed to sustainability and social impact, offering free educational and nonprofit access to its premium features.
📋 Description
• Lead a motivated frontend engineering team focused on building AI-generated learning content and a new learning library • Help design and deliver intuitive, scalable user experiences for learners and educators • Collaborate cross-functionally with design, product, and data partners to shape meaningful solutions • Drive technical strategy and lead team rituals like planning, retros, and reviews • Coach and mentor engineers through regular feedback and career growth conversations • Set clear team goals and foster an open, inclusive, high-performing culture • Actively contribute to feature development—this is a hands-on leadership role • Stay current with frontend best practices and help continuously improve performance and usability
🎯 Requirements
• Strong experience in frontend engineering (ideally in TypeScript/React or similar), with a passion for crafting seamless and accessible user experiences • Prior leadership experience coaching engineers and managing high-performing teams • A pragmatic approach to delivery—you're able to break ambitious ideas into actionable, measurable outcomes • Product sensibility and empathy for end users, especially educators and learners • Experience in the learning or ed-tech sector is a big plus, especially if you’ve built tools that help people teach or learn • The ability to lead with context, not control—you're great at setting direction while empowering your team to solve problems • Experience collaborating in cross-functional squads (design, PM, data, QA) • Comfort getting hands-on with code when needed to support the team • A growth mindset and a love of learning—you’re curious, adaptable, and excited about Canva’s mission to democratize design and education
🏖️ Benefits
• Equity packages – we want our success to be yours too • Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers • An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more • Flexible leave options that empower you to recharge, give back, and take care of yourself
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