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# Anto
Engineering manager shaping Canva's developer experience and platform APIs.

## About

Anto Lepejian shapes how developers build on Canva. Running the developer experience team, he focuses on making app integration smooth for a massive ecosystem of creators.

He was a founding engineer for the Canva Apps SDK, which scaled from zero to hundreds of apps in just a year and a half. He also helped establish the company's Public API Design Group to govern API guidelines and lifecycles. Recently, he broke down the lessons learned from building this platform and the engineering culture needed to support 185 million users.



## Past Sessions

### World Congress 2024 · July 17, 2024
Berlin, Germany
- [Insights from building the Canva Developers Platform to empower 185 million designers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/942-insights-from-building-the-canva-developers-platform-to-empower-185-million-designers) · 30 min · 🎥 Watch recording



## Videos

- [Insights from building the Canva Developers Platform to empower 185 million designers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/942-insights-from-building-the-canva-developers-platform-to-empower-185-million-designers) · Anto