Engineering Manager (BE) - Search Platform team (ANZ remote)
Canva
- Sydney, NSW
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Defining Technical Direction: Own and execute the strategy and development of search retrieval capabilities of the platform; working with other engineering and product leads in the Discovery Group of Groups (GoG) and Canva wide teams.
- Leading Strategy Execution: Accountable for the delivery of goals across the team and maintain relationships with adjacent teams that rely on your team to move forward.
- Driving Team Performance: Maintaining a culture of high performance and accountability, breaking down goals into actionable tasks and overseeing successful delivery.
- Motivating & Aligning Teams: Inspiring and aligning team interests with priorities, providing clear feedback and fostering collaboration between cross-functional leads.
- Cultivating Team Culture: Nurturing a healthy and inclusive engineering culture, fostering growth and development opportunities for team members while upholding operational best practices.
- Proven Leadership: Demonstrated success in both people and technical leadership, with robust interpersonal skills. The ability to effectively engage with a team comprised largely of senior professionals is crucial, as this role places a strong emphasis on people leadership.
- Technical Proficiency: A solid technical backend background in Java is essential - whether you've excelled as an individual contributor in a platform team or have successfully managed a team with a focus on platform-related initiatives.
- DevOps and On-call Experience: Experience in building and fostering a DevOps culture within a team, as well as establishing and managing on-call practices is highly valued, showcasing your commitment to operational excellence.
- Bonus experience (not mandatory): You have experience in Search or worked with search related technologies such as Elasticsearch, Opensearch, etc.
- Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
- An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
- Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally