Canva
Computer Software
EngineeringManager(FE)-EditingPerformance
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“Engineering Manager (FE) - Editing Performance at Canva. Skills: technical people leadership, mentorship of engineers, technical design, code architecture, delivery of large, cross-team, and cross-group initiatives and projects. coach, mentor, and grow a team of engineers. facilitate solving some of the most ambitious technical problems”
What You'll Achieve.
making the Editor lightning fast; scaling it to support the growing number of ways that people are designing with Canva; users to feel that Canva is fast; Performance issues should never be a reason why we can’t launch a new feature or businesses are unable to use the product; Canva editor to be fast for everyone. All platforms. All devices. All network connections. All designs and doctypes.
Industry & Context.
problem-solving skills; ability to break large projects down into smaller ones and deliver on them through others
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Previous experience in technical people leadership or mentorship of engineers, Commercial experience in a software development environment, Previous experience in working collaboratively with team members, problem-solving skills, with the ability to break large projects down into smaller ones and deliver on them through others
Nice to Have
experience in building frameworks, libraries or APIs, Experience in some of these would be valuable but is not required
What You'll Do.
and grow a team of engineers
facilitate solving some of the most ambitious technical problems
guiding the team to deliver results
understand and contribute to the product roadmap
drive the planning and refinement of seasonal goals
foster a culture of collaboration
advocate for the engineering needs of non-technical collaborators
own and drive the delivery of large
and cross-group initiatives and projects from ideation to completion
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
working collaboratively with team members; foster a culture of collaboration; advocate for the engineering needs of non-technical collaborators within the group; engagement with key stakeholders across the business
Communication Scope
communicating effectively
Process & Methodology
planning and refinement of seasonal goals, delivery of large, cross-team, and cross-group initiatives and projects from ideation to completion, break large projects down into smaller ones and deliver on them through others
Full Job 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. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals. 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. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve. About the Team The Editing Performance team is responsible for making the Editor lightning fast and scaling it to support the growing number of ways that people are designing with Canva. Editing performance is a broad area. It includes things like page load, latency of interactions, jank/dropped frames, memory usage (and associated OOM crashes) and more. Even more than that, we want users to feel that Canva is fast. Performance issues should never be a reason why we can’t launch a new feature or businesses are unable to use the product. Our goal is for the Canva editor to be fast for everyone. All platforms. All devices. All network connections. All designs and doctypes. About the Role We’re looking for an engineering manager who is not afraid to jump into the complex space that is Editing Performance. You’ll be managing a team of ~7 engineers (predominantly mid-senior level engineers) to build a fast editor that scales to support all designs. We are seeking someone who wants to be in the thick of it - working across technical design, code architecture, hiring, engagement with key stakeholders across the business, and professional growth and deve
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