Senior Machine Learning Engineer – Learning Experience
Canva
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Australia
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About the role
- You’ll build, test, and ship ML-powered features that enhance learning experiences
- You’ll design scalable ML pipelines in collaboration with our platform teams
- You’ll work closely with PMs, designers and engineers to align on user needs and product direction
- You’ll run experiments to validate assumptions and improve model effectiveness
- You’ll contribute to shared ML infrastructure and best practices at Canva
- You’ll keep up with state-of-the-art developments and explore ways to apply them at scale
Requirements
- You're a highly skilled machine learning engineer with a proven track record of delivering ML-powered product features in production.
- You bring deep technical expertise across the ML lifecycle—from data wrangling and model development to evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.
- You're comfortable operating independently while collaborating deeply with cross-functional teams, and you're motivated by user impact and product outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience building and deploying ML-powered features in production environments
- Proficiency with Python and frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch
- Skilled across the ML lifecycle: data processing, model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
- Proven ability to work independently while collaborating cross-functionally with product, design, and data
- Experience with Generative AI (GenAI): LLMs, diffusion models, prompt engineering, RAG, or fine-tuning
- Familiarity with GenAI platforms (e.g. OpenAI, Hugging Face, Anthropic) and embedding-based systems
- Strong product mindset – prioritises ML solutions that improve user experience and product outcomes
- Committed to scalable, maintainable ML systems with clear metrics and impact tracking
- Passionate about ethical ML and responsible data usage, especially in learning environments
- Enjoys mentoring and sharing best practices within the team
Benefits
- 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
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Hard Skills & Tools
machine learningdata wranglingmodel developmentmodel evaluationmodel deploymentmodel monitoringPythonTensorFlowPyTorchGenerative AI
Soft Skills
collaborationindependenceuser impact focusproduct outcomes orientationmentoringbest practices sharingstrong product mindsetethical ML commitment