About this role
We’re hiring multiple Engineering Managers (backend) across the Revenue Platform group — a team at the heart of Canva’s monetisation engine. Your work will help unlock new markets, reduce payment friction, improve the end-to-end user journey, and protect our revenue streams. These are critical capabilities that directly fuel Canva’s global growth and impact.
What you’d be doing in this role
As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that’s all part of the fun. This will give you a flavour of the kind of things you’ll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.
At the moment, this role is focused on:
Leading one of Canva’s core revenue infrastructure teams as part of our broader monetisation platformGuiding your team through complex technical challenges, including scalable backend architecture, billing systems, and platform service decompositionOwning the team’s technical roadmap, project delivery, and development practicesCoaching and growing backend engineers while fostering a culture of pragmatic technical excellencePartnering cross-functionally with Product, Finance, and other specialties to deliver high-impact monetisation initiativesContributing to the codebase and architectural decision-making while scaling your leadershipYou're probably a match if:
You bring backend expertise at the intersection of product, growth, and platform — ideally with experience in financial systemsYou’ve led backend engineering teams, balancing people leadership with technical deliveryYou have experience working with distributed systems, microservices, and cloud infrastructure (especially AWS)You’re comfortable with object-oriented programming languages like JavaYou thrive in ambiguity and know how to turn complex problems into scalable systemsYou’re passionate about inclusive team culture and enabling cross-functional successYou can explain technical concepts clearly across diverse stakeholder groupsAbout the team
The Revenue Platform group sits within Canva’s Growth supergroup. Our mission is to power Canva’s monetisation engine — making it seamless, scalable, and reliable. From global payments and subscription management to usage-based pricing and fraud prevention, we design and build the systems that support Canva’s most critical revenue workflows. This is foundational work with massive impact — and we’re just getting started.
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 woven throughout life at Canva too. We offer:
• Equity packages – we want our success to be yours too
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
• Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
• Flexible leave options to recharge, support others, or make a positive impact
Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.
Other stuff to know
We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. Please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements, we encourage you to apply — we’re excited to hear from you!
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