Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Visual Suite Platform (AU remote)

You've got hands-on experience applying ML/AI to real product problems in production, and you're comfortable owning technical direction without needing everything handed to you. You're genuinely method-agnostic: as happy building a well-tuned classical model as adopting the latest technique, whatever gets the job done. You work well across teams, and you're just as happy influencing a roadmap as you are writing code. You're pragmatic: you'd rather ship something useful and iterate than chase a perfect model nobody uses. You want to find and drive where AI actually helps people get things done.

What the candidate will learn & how will they develop at Canva:

Apply ML at the scale of Canva's global user base, where a small improvement can change how millions of people work

Shape ML architecture and technical standards that get reused across the Design Experience supergroup

Own increasingly ambiguous, cross-team problems and build the judgement to set technical direction, not just execute against a brief

Mentor engineers and contribute to hiring, growing your ability to shape a team's technical bar

Sharpen your product instincts by measuring ML work against real usage and impact, not just model performance

We’d still love to hear from you! At Canva, we know that great engineers come from a variety of backgrounds, and we value passion, curiosity, and a willingness to learn just as much as specific experience. If you're excited about this role but don’t tick every box, we encourage you to apply, you might a great fit in ways you didn’t expect!

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a stack of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

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

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

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