Own mobile development tooling. Architecture and roadmap for simulator and emulator setup, device orchestration, and CLI tools across iOS and Android — making the engineering trade-offs that balance short and long-term needs
Lead the test automation framework. Design and evolve the mobile test automation framework for synthetic and integration testing across platforms, scoping problems across teams and delivering projects that span multiple consuming teams
Set the CI/CD quality gating strategy. Proactively surface quality problems not yet defined by others. Protect Canva's longer-term mobile goals by getting ahead of issues before they land in production
Consolidate what's fragmented. Drive alignment across Native Infra, Cross Platform, and DevX to bring fragmented mobile workflows into one cohesive system. Manage the complexity of multiple stakeholders and keep teams moving toward shared goals
Codify the standards. Define and publish mobile testing best practices and methodologies across Canva. Your documentation becomes the reference other engineers build on — not just on this team, but company-wide
Build shared quality signals. Create company-wide triage workflows and monitoring for mobile development and testing. Set clear objectives and empower teams to own delivery and quality themselves
Mentor and grow the team. Rally mobile teams around a shared mission and ways of working. Give direct, actionable feedback and help attract and assess top mobile talent alongside the hiring manager
You're probably a match if
We'd love to hear from you if you fit one or more of these
(You don’t need meet fit all of these, but the more the better, and if you join our team we’re invested in helping you grow)
Mobile Platform Depth: Deep expertise in at least one mobile platform iOS (Swift) or Android (Kotlin) with working knowledge of the other and genuine experience with cross-platform approaches
Cross-Platform Development: Hands-on experience with React Native or a comparable cross-platform mobile framework, used in a production environment at meaningful scale
Testing Infrastructure Ownership: Experience building or significantly shaping a mobile test automation framework — synthetic, integration, or E2E — with evidence that other teams adopted what you built
CI/CD Strategy: Background in defining quality gating strategy or improving CI/CD pipelines. You've thought about mobile build systems, device farm integration, and what fast, reliable feedback loops look like at scale
Delivery at Scale: Track record of scoping and delivering complex, cross-team technical projects. You know what it takes to ship something that spans multiple stakeholders and still lands cleanly
Alignment Without Authority: Skilled at driving technical direction with teams you don't manage. You build buy-in through credibility and clear communication, not through hierarchy
Standards Setting: Your technical docs and practices have become the reference others build on. You write for the reader who hasn't met you yet
Strategic and Tactical: You can hold the 12-month horizon and the current sprint at the same time