Engineering Manager (BE) - Permissions and Capability (Remote ANZ)

What you’ll be doing in this role At Canva , the User Platform powers the foundation of user identity, access, and capability across our global product. The Permissions & Capability team is critical in ensuring that millions of users—from classrooms to enterprises—can collaborate safely, securely, and at scale. As the Engineering Manager for this team, you'll lead a talented group of engineers who are scaling the services that handle authentication, authorisation, and platform-wide capability enforcement. You'll partner closely with product, design, and engineering leaders to solve complex technical challenges and deliver high-impact infrastructure that enables Canva to grow—safely and confidently. At the moment, this role is focused on: Coaching and mentoring a high-performing engineering team with psychological safety at its core • Scaling the platform underpinning user permissions and capabilities across all of Canva • Collaborating across supergroups to deliver secure, reliable, production-ready services • Contributing to the design and evolution of systems that impact millions of users daily • Driving platform-wide initiatives around performance, reliability, and developer ex…