Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Inspire & Create (AU Remote)
Canva is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join the Inspire & Create team within the Canva Grow product group. This team focuses on integrating creativity, data, and insights to enhance advertising effectiveness, aiming to help businesses create impactful and respectful ads. The role offers flexibility, allowing for remote work within Australia, with options to work from Canva's campuses in Sydney, Melbourne, or co-working spaces in other cities.
In this position, the engineer will be responsible for building, testing, and deploying machine learning-powered features that improve ad generation experiences. Collaborating closely with product managers, designers, and engineers, the role involves designing scalable ML pipelines, running experiments to validate assumptions, and contributing to shared ML infrastructure and best practices. Staying updated with state-of-the-art developments and exploring their application at scale is also a key aspect of the role.
The ideal candidate is a highly skilled machine learning engineer with a proven track record of delivering ML-powered product features in production environments. Proficiency in Python and frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch is essential, along with experience across the ML lifecycle, including data processing, model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring. Familiarity with Generative AI technologies, such as large language models and diffusion models, and platforms like OpenAI or Hugging Face, is highly desirable. A strong product mindset, commitment to scalable and maintainable ML systems, and a passion for ethical ML and responsible data usage are also important qualities.
Canva offers a range of benefits, including equity packages, an inclusive parental leave policy, an annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support wellbeing and social connection, and flexible leave options to support personal needs. The company fosters a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning, providing growth opportunities and a supportive environment for employees to thrive.