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Canva Senior Engineering Manager - Video Templates (Bay area only) | SmartRecruiters Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Senior Engineering Manager - Video Templates (Bay area only) Full-time Recruitment type: Permanent Company 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 office is in Sydney, Australia, but we've made our way from down under, to a hub in San Francisco, which is now home to our US operations and now Video teams. We offer flexibility in how and where you work. We trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals. Job Description 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. At the moment, this role is focused on: Defining the roadmap for Canva’s next-generation video template system, including a scalable Template Schema and high-performance rendering engine across Web, Mobile, and Desktop. Partnering closely with Motion Designers, Product Managers, and AI Researchers to translate creative needs into scalable engineering systems. Architecting and overseeing the “Template Authoring Mode,” balancing professional-grade precision with Canva’s signature simplicity. Recruiting, onboarding, and leading a new specialized engineering team in SF, fostering a culture of technical excellence, creativity, and rapid iteration. Owning end-to-end delivery of the template platform, managing complex cross-group dependencies across Video Engine, Content, and Platform teams. Driving innovation through Generative AI integration — from automated asset matching to intelligent layout adaptation. You're probably a match if You have proven experience managing engineering teams and team leads, ideally within creative tools, multimedia systems, or complex platform environments. You bring deep systems architecture expertise and have built extensible frameworks, SDKs, or large-scale content systems. You’re familiar with video editing workflows, timeline-based data structures, or graphics rendering pipelines. You care deeply about user experience and can advocate for both internal creators and end-user delight. You’ve successfully navigated high-growth, matrixed organizations and driven alignment across globally distributed teams. You balance long-term architectural thinking with pragmatic execution and fast iteration.