Managing two small teams of software engineers who design and implement software to reduce risk.
Owning the strategy and roadmap for both teams, balancing security and developer experience to build an experience that allows Canvanauts to move quickly, while having secure guardrails in place.
Coach and develop engineers by providing regular, practical feedback to help them reach their personal growth goals
Own the team’s development methodology including sprint planning, stand-ups and retrospectives resulting in a high-performing team
Driving adoption of our systems internally across Canva engineering teams, championing the benefits of what we build.

Experience in directly managing a high-performing team, guided by company or specialty missions, and goals
Strong software engineering fundamentals; be able to hold court with principal-level engineers and significantly contribute to design documents and complex software architecture
Experience partnering cross-functionally with software engineering, SRE/DevOps, and compliance teams to embed security into developer workflows
You’re experienced with languages such as Golang, Java, Rust or similar
Experience in building and operating cloud-based services
Experience in a security domain (application sandboxing, encryption, vulnerability scanning, etc) is a strong plus
An understanding of the security products industry, and security risk. You know the security market, and can evaluate needs against existing security tools and products that meet product needs & identify areas where we should challenge the status quo.
Experience with infrastructure tools like Terraform, Helm, K8s, or similar.
Experience working with CI/CD systems and defining integration pipelines.

Equity packages
we want our success to be yours too
Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

Senior Engineering Manager – Security Platform Engineering

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