Engineering Manager Content Machine Learning

About the team

Join the innovation powerhouse - Content Machine Learning team at Canva! Our vision is to empower all our users with the safest and highest quality content at scale. We build models and human-in-the-loop workflows to amplify our content review efforts so that we can:

1. Unlock review operations with review automation

2. Close the loop for feedback to our models and raise the quality bar

3. Ensure the safety of our library for all our users including students

Finally our crazy big goal is to build an automated review system with humans at the heart of operations leading the continuous improvement and evolution of the system.

As the Engineering Manager for Content ML youll coach a team of talented and high performing bunch of machine learning engineers working across content moderation enrichment review and scalable automation. Youll define the teams vision and guide strategic delivery aligned with Canvas goals. Youll collaborate closely with content experts review operations product managers and machine learning teams to create infrastructure that makes millions of assets reviewed every day.

About the team

Join the innovation powerhouse - Content Machine Learning team at Canva! Our vision is to empower all our users with the safest and highest quality content at scale. We build models and human-in-the-loop workflows to amplify our content review efforts so that we can:

1. Unlock review operations with review automation

2. Close the loop for feedback to our models and raise the quality bar

3. Ensure the safety of our library for all our users including students

Finally our crazy big goal is to build an automated review system with humans at the heart of operations leading the continuous improvement and evolution of the system.

As the Engineering Manager for Content ML youll coach a team of talented and high performing bunch of machine learning engineers working across content moderation enrichment review and scalable automation. Youll define the teams vision and guide strategic delivery aligned with Canvas goals. Youll collaborate closely with content experts review operations product managers and machine learning teams to create infrastructure that makes millions of assets reviewed every day.

What youll do

• Lead and grow a high-performing team of Machine Learning Engineers focused on automating content review and moderation across Canvas Content Library.

• Set and execute the technical vision and strategy for ML-driven safety quality and policy enforcement across text image video audio and template content.

• Design and scale robust ML systems including experimentation frameworks evaluation pipelines monitoring and feedback loops to continuously improve model performance and close the gap between manual review and automation.

• Partner cross-functionally with Content Product Review Ops and Review Engineering to deliver impactful user-facing solutions and scalable human-in-the-loop systems.

• Drive large end-to-end initiatives from problem framing and roadmap definition through to delivery experimentation rollout and impact measurement.

• Uplift engineering excellence through strong technical direction pragmatic architecture decisions and a healthy code review and knowledge-sharing culture.

• Coach and mentor engineers to navigate complex technical challenges and do the best work of their lives.

• Champion operational excellence responsible AI and safety-by-design ensuring our systems serve all users including students and educators with quality integrity and trust.

• Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging ML best practices continuously evolving the domain to meet Canvas scale and ambition.

Youre probably a match if

• Youre passionate about coaching and developing engineers creating a culture of growth and support.

• Youre experienced in designing systems at scale with a focus on reliability performance and extensibility.

• You collaborate cross-functionally and thrive in partnerships with product ML and content stakeholders.

• You think strategically and deliver pragmatically balancing long-term vision with immediate needs.

• You value diversity empathy and inclusion and lead in a way that fosters belonging and trust.

• You have experience leading an engineering team in a Product or SaaS environment ideally within ML or applied AI domains.

• Prior experience in text image video and audio understanding is highly desirable.

Additional Information :

Whats in it for you

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

Heres a taste of whats on offer:

• 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

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Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience skills and passion as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you dont feel like your skills quite match whats listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time