Canva

Engineering Manager – iOS, Android, Frontend

Canva

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇳🇿 New Zealand

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

KotlinReactReact NativeSwiftTypeScript

About the role

  • 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

Requirements

  • 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
Benefits
  • 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

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
SwiftKotlinReactReact NativeTypeScripthybrid developmentcross-platform architectureperformance optimizationtesting pipelinesobservability
Soft skills
technical leadershipcoachingpeople growthdelivery excellenceclarity in ambiguityscaling through othersteam wellbeingcontinuous improvementinclusive teamsempowerment