Engineering Manager (infra) - Observability

What you’d be doing in this role

As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA — and we like to think that’s part of the fun. This role sits within Infrastructure → Observability, where we build the platforms that give engineers deep, reliable insight into how Canva behaves in production.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Owning and leading a high-performing engineering team, with a strong focus on career development, wellbeing, and impact

• Partnering with Engineering Managers and Staff Engineers to define and execute Canva’s longer-term observability strategy

• Translating high-level goals into clear roadmaps, priorities, and delivery plans

• Owning the reliability, availability, and performance of Canva’s critical observability platforms, including tracing and exception systems

• Driving modernisation of the observability stack, including deeper OpenTelemetry adoption and platform improvements

• Ensuring observability capabilities translate into intuitive, effective developer experiences across workflows, visualisations, and tooling

You’re probably a match if

• You’ve held a technical leadership role, including people leadership or team management experience

• You’ve built, operated, or supported large-scale distributed systems in cloud environments (AWS ideally)

• You have strong foundations in computer engineering and systems thinking

• You care deeply about reliability, scalability, and developer experience

• You communicate clearly and can align teams through thoughtful documentation and discussion

Nice to have (but not essential):

• Experience with OpenTelemetry

• Experience working with observability tooling such as Grafana, Mimir, ClickHouse, or similar

• Experience coding in Go

About the team

The Observability Group enables Canva’s engineers to move fast without compromising reliability. We work across the full observability stack — from telemetry libraries and ingestion pipelines to storage platforms and developer-facing tools — combining best-in-class third-party solutions with in-house platforms built at Canva scale.

What’s in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard — and you’ll find plenty of moments of magic, connection, and fun along the way. We also offer a range of benefits to support you inside and outside of work, including:

• Equity packages — we want our success to be yours too

• Inclusive parental leave for all parents and carers

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance for wellbeing, connection, and workspace needs

• Flexible leave options to recharge, give back, or focus on what matters most

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

Other stuff to know
We make hiring decisions based on experience, skills, and passion — and how you’ll help Canva and our culture thrive. We celebrate all kinds of backgrounds, so even if you don’t tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you. Interviews are conducted virtually.