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Canva is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager - Security Platform Engineering (Open to remote across ANZ)

About the Role

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will guide two technical teams—Security Platform Engineering and Security Development—within a broader security organization. Your leadership will be central to defining long-term vision, setting technical direction, and delivering systems that integrate strong security practices into the development lifecycle without sacrificing speed or innovation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor engineers across two focused teams, fostering technical excellence and personal development through consistent feedback and growth opportunities
  • Define and drive the strategic roadmap for security platform initiatives, aligning with both engineering needs and organizational risk reduction goals
  • Establish and refine team processes, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives, to maintain high performance and continuous improvement
  • Collaborate with software engineering, SRE, DevOps, and compliance functions to seamlessly integrate security into developer workflows
  • Promote widespread adoption of internal security tools by demonstrating value and usability across engineering teams

Qualifications and Experience

You bring deep technical knowledge and leadership experience in building cloud-based systems. You are comfortable engaging in architectural discussions with senior engineers and shaping complex software design.

  • Proven experience managing software engineering teams with a mission-driven focus
  • Solid foundation in software engineering, with the ability to contribute meaningfully to design and architecture discussions
  • Hands-on experience with languages such as Golang, Java, or Rust
  • Background in cloud infrastructure and operating scalable, distributed systems
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, Helm, and Kubernetes is highly beneficial
  • Knowledge of security domains—including encryption, vulnerability management, or application isolation—is a strong advantage
  • Understanding of the security product landscape and the ability to assess tooling against internal requirements
Required Skills
GolangJavaRustTerraformHelmK8sCI/CDcloud servicessecurity engineeringsoftware architectureSREDevOpscompliance GolangJavaRustTerraformHelmKubernetesCI/CDCloud ServicesSecurity EngineeringSoftware ArchitectureCross-functional CollaborationTeam LeadershipSREDevOpsCompliance
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Canva
Canva is redefining how the world experiences design by building a product that empowers everyone to create visually compelling content. The platform serves millions of users worldwide and enables easy design through intuitive tools and collaboration features.
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