Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Multimedia Group

Company Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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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 campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have a choice in where and how you work. That means if you want to do your thing in the office (if you're near one), at home or a bit of both, it's up to you.

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.

About the Group/Team

The Social Media Experience team is dedicated to enhancing the end-to-end social media user experience. Right now, we are focusing on the creation of short-form video content: building brand new AI powered flows, speedy content understanding and building new features such as fun voice effects.

The wider video group in which we sit is embarking on an exciting journey that will shape the future of video editing and social media content creation for millions of users globally. In the next few months, we will deliver a customer-centric, intuitive and powerful video editing platform that seamlessly integrates with the Canva ecosystem to unlock the full potential of the Visual Suite. This enhanced editing experience, in hand with AI powered flows, will make it far easier for social media users to bring their ideas to life, and create engaging and professional content that stands out.

Job Description

What you’d be doing in this role:

• Stay current with state‑of‑the‑art multimodal research and translate promising ideas into production.

• Design, train, deploy, and monitor models that power creator‑facing features with strict latency budgets.

• Collaborate with PM, design, and full‑stack engineers to shape roadmap priorities and ship end‑to‑end.

• Establish evaluation frameworks for agentic workflows and drive iterative improvement.

• Mentor engineers and advocate ML best practices across the Multimedia Group.

Qualifications

You're probably a match if:

• Experience in content understanding for images, video and audio

• Able to build systems with multimodal language models

• Strong skills in R&D, to be able to evaluate and recommend a solution to a user problem

• Strong problem-solving skills and good autonomy

• The ability to collaborate with others, and communicate outcomes and proposals

Additional Information

What's in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Here's a taste of what's on offer:

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

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more

• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.