Engineering Manager (BE) - Permissions and Capabilities (Remote ANZ)

Description

What you’ll be doing in this role

At Canva, the User Platform powers the foundation of user identity, access, and capability across our global product. The Permissions & Capabilities team is critical in ensuring that millions of users—from classrooms to enterprises—can collaborate safely, securely, and at scale.

As the Engineering Manager for this team, you'll lead a talented group of engineers who are scaling the services that handle authentication, authorisation, and platform-wide capability enforcement. You'll partner closely with product, design, and engineering leaders to solve complex technical challenges and deliver high-impact infrastructure that enables Canva to grow—safely and confidently.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Coaching and mentoring a high-performing engineering team with psychological safety at its core

• Scaling t...