Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Video AI Engine

About the Group/Team

The Video AI Engine team sits within the Video group in the Design Experience supergroup. We build the infrastructure that connects advanced AI research with delightful product experiences in Canva’s video editor. From video segmentation and effect orchestration to scalable ML serving, we’re enabling users to create cinematic stories, automatically and effortlessly.

About the Role/Specialty

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you’ll bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and large-scale production. You’ll help productionize novel models, optimize inference performance, and work side-by-side with cross-functional teams to deploy delightful, real-time experiences in Canva’s editor. You’ll bring curiosity, rigour, and craft to an area that’s rapidly evolving, and deeply meaningful for our users.

What you’ll do (responsibilities)

• You’ll productionize video-based ML models, enabling scalable, reliable deployment
• You’ll develop high-performance inference pipelines for near real-time use in Canva’s editor
• You’ll experiment with and evaluate model effectiveness for diverse video editing use cases
• You’ll collaborate with AI researchers to translate novel techniques into deployable video tools
• You’ll contribute to scalable ML infrastructure and model serving and experimentational frameworks
• You’ll participate in roadmap discussions, engineering reviews, and planning cycles
• You’ll be hands-on with model evaluation, optimization, and continuous improvements

What we're looking for

• Experience deploying ML models into production, ideally for video, vision, or generative applications
• Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Torch)
• Strong systems knowledge, including working with inference pipelines and performance optimization
• Familiarity with ML lifecycle tooling—experiment tracking, monitoring, deployment
• Collaborative approach and ability to work across product, research, and infrastructure teams
• A user-focused mindset and drive to create magical experiences powered by ML

 

Don't tick all the boxes? Don't worry about that - nobody does!  

We’d still love to hear from you! At Canva, we know that great engineers come from a variety of backgrounds, and we value passion, curiosity, and a willingness to learn just as much as specific experience. If you're excited about this role but don’t tick every box, we encourage you to apply, you might a great fit in ways you didn’t expect!

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 stack 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

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