Senior Machine Learning Engineer – Inspire & Create
Canva
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Australia
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About the role
- Building, testing, and shipping ML-powered features that enhance our ad generation experiences
- Designing scalable ML pipelines in collaboration with our platform teams
- Working closely with PMs, designers and engineers to align on user needs and product direction
- Running experiments to validate assumptions and improve model effectiveness
- Contributing to shared ML infrastructure and best practices at Canva
- Keeping up with state-of-the-art developments and exploring 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.
- You have demonstrated experience building and deploying ML-powered features in production environments.
- You have proficiency with Python and frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.
- You are skilled across the ML lifecycle: data processing, model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.
- You have proven ability to work independently while collaborating cross-functionally with product, design, and data.
- You have experience with Generative AI (GenAI): LLMs, diffusion models, prompt engineering, RAG, or fine-tuning.
- You have familiarity with GenAI platforms (e.g. OpenAI, Hugging Face, Anthropic) and embedding-based systems.
- You have a strong product mindset - prioritises ML solutions that improve user experience and product outcomes.
- You are committed to scalable, maintainable ML systems with clear metrics and impact tracking.
- You are passionate about ethical ML and responsible data usage, especially in learning environments.
- You enjoy 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 sharingproduct mindsetethical ML commitment