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Canva · 1 day ago

Research Engineer - Design Generation Modeling

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$180K/yr - $225K/yr

Canva is a company redefining how the world experiences design. As a Research Engineer in Design Generation Modeling, you will collaborate with researchers to advance generative design modeling, focusing on developing experimental training pipelines from data to inference.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Graphic DesignPhoto EditingPublishingSoftwareWeb Design
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Responsibilities

Contribute to the development and optimization of ML data pipelines and training workflows
Improve internal training codebases and procedures
Collaborate with research scientists and ML engineers to design and implement experiments, ablation studies, etc

Qualification

Distributed trainingML data pipelinesCloud environmentsGANsDiffusion modelingTransformer architecturesVision language modelingCode reviewsPull requestsPrototyping ML demosGraph Neural Networks

Required

Understand and have experience with distributed training at scale using libraries like DeepSpeed, FSDP, Torch, Titan, etc
Enjoy diving deep into and understanding complex engineering problems
Are familiar with the literature around GANs, diffusion modeling, transformer architectures, and vision language modeling
You have disciplined coding practices and are experienced with code reviews and pull requests
Have experience working in cloud environments, ideally AWS
Are passionate about both product-focused and basic research

Preferred

Specific experience with modeling design data
Experience with Graph Neural Networks
Are able to quickly prototype ML demos with appealing user interfaces. E.g. Gradio and other customized interfaces

Benefits

Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
Health benefits plans to support you and your wellbeing
401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
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

Company

Canva

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Canva is an online design and visual communication platform that provides design tools for non-designers.
dateFounded in 2013
location
Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
http://www.canva.com

H1B Sponsorship

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2023 (1)
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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$2.51B
Key Investors
FidelityQuadrant Private EquityStack Capital
2025-08-20Secondary Market
2024-10-31Secondary Market
2024-05-02Secondary Market· $328.51M

Leadership Team

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Melanie Perkins
CEO & Co-founder
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Cameron Adams
CPO & Co-Founder
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