Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Canva UK

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney, Australia, but we also have an office in London. You have choice in where and how you work; we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

What you’d be doing in this role

As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. This role is focused on:

• Leading the development of end-to-end pipelines for training, evaluating, and deploying ML models to solve problems related to data visualisation workflows.
• Experimenting with and evaluating the effectiveness of open-source and third-party models for Canva’s needs in the data visualisation space.
• Working alongside data visualisation experts to identify opportunities for applying ML models to high-impact business opportunities.
• Developing performant data pipelines that provide AI model training and evaluation workflows with access to compliant data assets.
• Collaborating with product, design, backend, and frontend engineers to design product features that improve user engagement with data.

You're probably a match if

• You bring at least 5+ years of industry experience building machine learning applications in a software engineering role, using industry-standard technologies (Python, SQL, PyTorch/Tensorflow, Kubernetes/Docker).
• You have experience in building and deploying machine learning models to distributed production environments.
• You have experience developing robust evaluation methodologies for complex problem domains.
• You possess strong research synthesis skills, able to translate deep learning literature into products.
• You have experience optimizing SoTA computer vision and/or natural language processing models for high-performance settings.

About the team

AI and machine learning can greatly increase the accessibility of data visualisation techniques to users. You’ll help us expand our developments in this space while exploring new related areas.

What's in it for you?

Achieving our goals motivates us to work hard, but you'll also experience moments of magic and fun at Canva. We offer a range of benefits to support your success.

• Equity packages
• Inclusive parental leave policy
• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance
• Flexible leave options

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills, and passion. When you apply, please tell us your pronouns and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds, so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above, we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.