Engineering Manager (iOS/android/frontend) – Cross Platform – ANZ

Company Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

Hey, g’day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte!
Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time-consuming and you’re probably keen to find out what’s on offer — so we’ll get straight to the point.

Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney, with options in Melbourne, and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work — we trust you to find the balance that empowers you and your team to achieve big goals.

What you’d be doing in this role

As Canva continues scaling to support billions of users, we’re investing in a powerful hybrid platform that helps product teams ship fast, reliably, and consistently across iOS, Android, and web.

This role is a unique opportunity to lead our Cross Platform team — the group responsible for building the shared infrastructure that powers Canva across all devices.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Leading a high-performing team of mobile and frontend engineers in delivering hybrid development capabilities at scale

• Owning and evolving our cross-platform architecture (navigation, rendering, offline support, performance)

• Uplifting developer experience through better tooling, testing pipelines, observability, and local dev flows

• Defining technical strategy with engineering, product, and design leaders

• Fostering a culture of clarity, craft, and continuous improvement

• Building the rituals that support team wellbeing and delivery excellence

You’re probably a match if:

• You’ve led engineering teams in mobile, or frontend domains — ideally with hybrid or native mobile experience (Swift, Kotlin, React, React Native, TypeScript)

• You’re energised by technical leadership, but passionate about coaching and people growth

• You’ve driven architectural decisions that impact hundreds of developers or millions of users

• You value delivery excellence, system health, and long-term maintainability

• You create clarity in ambiguous environments and love scaling through others

• You care deeply about building high-performing, inclusive and empowered teams

About the team

The Cross Platform team is part of Canva’s Client Platform group — a core part of our product infrastructure. Our mission is to empower any Canva team to build amazing features once and run them seamlessly across devices.

We work across the Canva stack — bridging native mobile and web, enabling mobile-first capabilities, and delivering world-class developer experiences. If it touches the client side at scale, we’re probably involved.

What’s in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard — and we do — but you’ll experience lots of moments of magic, connection and fun along the way. We also offer a range of benefits to support you inside and outside of work.

Here’s a taste of what’s on offer:

• Equity packages — we want our success to be yours too

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers

• Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support wellbeing, connection, and home office setup

• Flexible leave to recharge, volunteer, or just do you

• Internal coaching programs and world-class leadership development

Ready to join the team?

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion — as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please share the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need.

We celebrate all types of backgrounds at Canva, so even if you don’t feel like you meet every single point, we’d still love to hear from you!