Canva

AI

EngineeringManager(BE/ML)AIHelpPlatform

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Engineering Manager (BE/ML) - AI Help Platform at Canva. Skills: AI/ML, Platform engineering, Backend systems. Coach, mentor, and grow a high-performing team. Lead technical strategy and roadmap planning”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve user satisfaction, activation, and retention at scale; Help millions of users solve problems instantly; Scale toward 1 billion users

Industry & Context.

AI
Problems you'll solve

Solve real user problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Experience leading backend, platform, or AI/ML engineering teams in high-scale environments, Technical depth across backend systems, distributed architectures, or platform engineering, Comfortable partnering with Product Managers, ML Engineers, Data Scientists, and cross-functional stakeholders to drive strategy and execution, Excellent communicator who can simplify complex technical concepts and build trust across teams, Care deeply about building inclusive, psychologically safe, and high-performing engineering cultures

Nice to Have

Experience working with AI platforms, orchestration systems, evaluation tooling, or conversational AI experiences

What You'll Do.

and grow a high-performing team

Lead technical strategy and roadmap planning

Build scalable backend systems

Drive experimentation

and operational excellence

Champion engineering quality

and evaluation standards

Collaborate with teams across User Voice

Support evolution of intelligent

contextual help experiences

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with Product, ML/AI, Data Science, and cross-functional engineering teams; Collaborate closely with teams across User Voice, Generative AI, Ecosystems, and Product Platform; Partnering with Product Managers, ML Engineers, Data Scientists, and cross-functional stakeholders

Communication Scope

Excellent communicator; Simplify complex technical concepts; Build trust across teams

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

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