Staff Machine Learning Engineer – Visual Suite Platform

Canva

Staff Machine Learning Engineer driving AI strategy from a product perspective at Canva. Partnering across teams to shape AI-enabled experiences and mentoring engineers in ML engineering.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇦🇺 AustraliaLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in applying Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to enhance user experiences and drive product value. Capable of setting technical standards, mentoring teams, and collaborating across functions to implement effective AI strategies.

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Machine Learning ApplicationArtificial Intelligence StrategyTechnical Direction OwnershipCross-Functional CollaborationMentoring in ML Engineering

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Hard Skills

Machine LearningArtificial IntelligenceClassical Model DevelopmentLLM IntegrationTechnical Standards Setting

Soft Skills

Influencing RoadmapsPragmatic Problem SolvingMentoring

Industry Keywords

ProductivityUser JourneysTechnical PatternsOrganisational ChallengesIterative Development

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Identify and drive where ML/AI creates the most value across Productivity's user journeys
Toolify existing Productivity functionality so LLMs and agents can act on it
Partner with product, design and other engineering teams to shape AI strategy for Productivity
Set technical patterns and standards for how ML/AI gets applied and shipped across the team
Unblock organisational-level technical challenges that a single team can't solve alone
Mentor engineers and help raise the craft of applied ML engineering across the group
Balance speed and rigour, shipping AI features that hold up at Canva's scale
Translate shifts in user needs and the product roadmap into ML/AI priorities

Requirements

What you’ll need

Hands-on experience applying ML/AI to real product problems in production
Comfortable owning technical direction without needing everything handed to you
Method-agnostic: as happy building a well-tuned classical model as adopting the latest technique
Work well across teams, influencing a roadmap as well as writing code
Pragmatic: rather ship something useful and iterate than chase a perfect model

Benefits

Comp & perks

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