As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer on Canva's Content Machine Learning team, you will research, develop, and deploy AI-based solutions to automate content moderation and review at scale. You'll work cross-functionally to guide technical vision, deliver large projects, and help build a human-in-the-loop automated review system that ensures safe, high-quality content for all users, including students.
What You'll Do
- Research, develop and deploy AI based solutions to automate content moderation and review of Canva’s content
- Work with diverse stakeholders to guide the technical vision while being responsible for break-down and delivery of large projects
- Design, develop and deploy solutions and hands-on software development – working closely with leads, designers, and product managers
- Foster an impactful and healthy team via a healthy code review culture, knowledge sharing, design showcases, and process improvements
- Promote a safe and healthy culture with a focus on collaboration and open communication while advocating for engineering needs to non-technical stakeholders within the group
- Staying updated on industry trends and best practices to innovate and improve the domain owned by the team
- (optional) Coaching members of your Machine Learning team and help them navigate technical problems
What We're Looking For
- At least 5+ years of industry experience in a machine learning engineering role in a Product/SaaS company
- Experience working cross-functionally with Product Managers and other business functions outside of engineering
- Have experience proposing automation initiatives with humans-in-the-loop and seeing things through end-to-end
Nice to Have
- Experience in text, image, video, and audio understanding is highly desirable
Team & Environment
- Part of the Content Machine Learning team focused on content review automation and quality improvement
Benefits & Compensation
- Deep expertise in large-scale machine learning systems and real-world AI applications
- Opportunities to work on high-impact problems affecting millions of users globally
- Exposure to cutting-edge ML techniques and evolving content safety challenges
- Growth in cross-functional collaboration, technical leadership, and product thinking
- The chance to contribute to Canva’s mission of empowering the world to design safely and confidently
Work Mode
- Remote within Australia
Canva is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of background.
