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Canva Print is a 110+ person team across Australia, the Philippines, and the United States, with a 70+ person technology organization predominantly based in Sydney. The division covers the full print funnel end-to-end—from helping people discover, design, and buy print-on-demand products to working with print partners who manufacture and deliver them worldwide. The team is building an e-commerce-first Print experience focused on growing Print's annual revenue while keeping sustainability at the core, including initiatives like one-print-one-tree.
As Engineering Director for Print, you will lead engineering across the division and drive impact through the leaders you grow, the strategy you set, and the technical and delivery bar you establish. You will be directly responsible for enabling Print to expand its product range, partner ecosystem, and global commerce capabilities at pace.
Key responsibilities include:
- Setting and delivering Print's technical strategy with Product and Design leads, translating ambitious commercial goals into a clear, scalable engineering roadmap
- Building foundations to dramatically increase the pace at which new print products, mock-ups, and customer experiences can be brought to market
- Evolving partner integration capabilities by creating repeatable platform patterns while staying close to critical partners
- Strengthening systems that support global commerce, including payments and operational complexity behind reliable checkout experiences
- Coaching and growing Engineering Leads across Print while building a strong leadership pipeline
- Owning the quality of technical decisions across the group, particularly where platform investments, delivery speed, and customer experience intersect
- Making engineering trade-offs clear and actionable for Product, Design, and commercial stakeholders
- Building a high-performing, growth-oriented culture through hiring, development, and performance management
- Owning engineering's contribution to Print's commercial growth and revenue outcomes
- Championing practical AI adoption in both customer experience and team operations
Canva offers flexibility to work in a way that suits you—whether remote, hybrid, or in-office. This role is based in Sydney, close to the majority of the Print engineering team. Benefits include equity packages, inclusive parental leave, an annual Vibe & Thrive allowance for wellbeing and office setup, and flexible leave options.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Led engineering organizations at meaningful scale, including coaching and growing other engineering managers and leads
- Strong technical judgment—comfortable weighing long-term trade-offs and ensuring the right expertise is in the room
- Track record of turning technical strategy into goals and roadmaps that teams deliver against
- Commercial thinking and understanding of how engineering decisions connect to revenue and business outcomes
- Strong communication skills and ability to build rapport across product, design, operations, and partner teams
- Comfort in fast-growing, ambiguous environments where the role evolves as the business scales
- Experience running an e-commerce or marketplace business is a strong plus
- Genuine people leader who builds inclusive, high-performing cultures, resolves conflict, and runs fair performance and calibration processes
