Senior Effects Engine Engineer

About the Role

You’ll architect high-performance effect rendering pipelines and intuitive toolchains that accelerate effect development, unlock creative expression, and ensure seamless integration across platforms and devices. Your work will directly enable Canva’s global community to create magic at scale with powerful, easy-to-use video features.

你将设计高性能的特效渲染管线和直观的工具链,以加速特效开发、释放创意表达,并确保在各个平台和设备之间的无缝集成。你的工作将直接帮助 Canva 的全球创作者社区,以强大且易用的视频功能,在创作中实现“魔法般”的体验。

What you’ll do (responsibilities)

Build and maintain a cross-platform multimedia effects SDK supporting iOS, Android, Web, and desktop.

Develop tooling to support special effects content creation, testing, and asset lifecycle management.

Design mobile-side effect asset management systems for optimal storage, loading, and update handling.

Integrate new visual features (e.g. 3D, facial effects, dynamic shaders) with Canva's custom rendering engine.

Prototype and productionise next-gen effects including AI-powered, multimodal, and real-time effects.

Translate industry research into productised capabilities with stunning visual fidelity.

Collaborate with design, AI, and product teams to elevate Canva's effect ecosystem.

构建并维护支持 iOS、Android、Web 及桌面端的跨平台多媒体特效 SDK,保障各终端特效功能的一致性与稳定性

将新一代的视觉功能(如 3D 特效、人脸特效、动态着色器)与 Canva 自定义渲染引擎整合,实现特效功能落地

完成下一代特效(含 AI 驱动特效、多模态特效、实时特效)的原型开发与产品化落地

与设计、AI 及产品团队协作,共同完善 Canva 特效生态,满足用户创作需求

What we're looking for

Advanced proficiency in C++ for engine/SDK development; solid in Java, Objective-C/Swift, and JavaScript/TypeScript.

Experience in mobile app development and performance optimisation.

Proficient in at least one graphics API (OpenGL, Metal, Vulkan, DirectX) and shader languages (GLSL, HLSL).

Familiar with large-scale codebase management, version control (Git), and automated testing practices.

Nice-to-have: AI deployment experience on-device (e.g., CoreML, QNN), DCC tool experience (e.g. Maya, Substance).

Ability to design scalable graphics architectures and work closely with designers to push the boundaries of visual creativity

Passion for empowering creativity and solving complex visual problems

Full proficiency in English communications.

精通 C++,能独立完成引擎及 SDK 开发;熟练掌握 Java、Objective-C/Swift,以及 JavaScript/TypeScript

熟练掌握至少一种图形 API(OpenGL/Metal/Vulkan/DirectX)及着色器语言(GLSL/HLSL),能独立实现复杂视觉效果

熟悉大规模代码库管理、版本控制工具(如 Git)及自动化测试流程,具备良好的工程实践习惯

加分项:有端侧 AI 部署经验(如 CoreML、QNN),或熟悉 DCC 工具(如 Maya、Substance)

What you will learn and develop at Canva

Push the boundaries of creative tooling in the browser using modern graphics and ML

Collaborate in an interdisciplinary team at the cutting edge of video editing, design, and AI

Gain expertise in scaling high-performance rendering and multimedia UX

Shape Canva's future in intelligent cross-platform video creation and editing products.

深入掌握高性能渲染与多媒体UX的规模化落地能力,积累跨平台特效技术实战经验

About the Group/Team

We're the Video team within the Design Experience Supergroup, and we’re on a mission to empower every user to tell compelling visual stories through video. We build intuitive, powerful tools and rendering infrastructure that help users go from idea to impact—seamlessly. Together, we’re shaping the future of multimedia creation, and this role will be core to enabling innovation across Canva’s intelligent video editing experiences.

我们是Design Experience Supergroup旗下的Video team,肩负着一项使命:赋能每一位用户通过视频讲述引人入胜的视觉故事。我们构建直观、强大的工具和渲染基础设施,帮助用户无缝地将想法转化为有影响力的作品。我们正共同塑造多媒体创作的未来,而这个职位将成为推动 Canva 智能视频编辑体验创新的核心力量。

Senior Effects Engine Engineer