Staff Machine Learning Engineer Integrations & Solutions Group (AU remote)

About the team

We aim to build the worlds richest Ecosystem of apps for visual design and communications that supercharge Canvas ability to meet the diverse needs of a billion users and drive Canvas MAU growth.

With the proliferation of innovations in generative AI and as large organizations have increasingly complex workflows to manage their designs Canva is well poised to become the platform that simplifies access and discovery of services related to visual design. We are already working with hundreds of developers to enable access to these exciting products with our Apps SDK and Canva public REST API!

As one of the groups in Ecosystem the Integrations and Solutions Group builds Canvas AI integration layer the infrastructure that connects Canvas design capabilities to the worlds leading AI assistants. Our teams own the MCP platform AI-optimised tools and APIs evaluation frameworks and the agent architecture that powers millions of AI-driven design interactions. We work directly with partners like OpenAI Anthropic and Google and were in the middle of a strategic shift from protocol-first integrations toward intelligent Canva-hosted design agents.

As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer youll play a critical role in defining how AI platforms experience Canva driving the technical standards evaluation frameworks and architectural decisions that ensure our integrations are reliable measurable and evolving with a rapidly changing ecosystem.

What youd be doing in this role

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think thats all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things youll be working on when you start but this will likely evolve.

At the moment this role is focused on:

• Drive the design and evolution of AI-ready tools and APIs that enable LLM platforms (ChatGPT Claude Gemini and others) to reliably interact with Canvas design capabilities defining the patterns and standards that other teams adopt for tool descriptions payload structures and intent-based interfaces. Pioneer agent-to-agent communication approaches.

• Own and evolve evaluation frameworks that systematically measure tool-use accuracy across platforms defining what good looks like for proxy-based fast evals and real-client production evals and ensuring these frameworks scale as we add platforms and capabilities.

• Shape Canvas agent architecture making strategic technical decisions about where intelligence should live (in external LLMs vs Canva-hosted agents) building the orchestration layers that allow third-party providers to invoke Canvas design tools at scale and driving automation of complex workflows like marketing campaigns.

• Define and build observability systems that give multiple teams visibility into how AI assistants consume Canvas tools in production identifying failure patterns setting quality benchmarks and closing the loop between production data and continuous improvement.

• Work across team and platform boundaries proactively identifying problems not yet defined understanding behavioural quirks across LLM platforms and driving solutions that span the AI Integrations API Capabilities and Workflow Integrations teams.

• Influence integration strategy with AI partners and internal teams contributing to technical direction with OpenAI Anthropic and Google and shaping how Canvas broader engineering organisation builds for AI consumption.

Youre probably a match if

• Youve shipped LLM-powered systems into production and can quantify your impact things like improving tool-call accuracy from X% to Y% reducing agent error rates cutting latency by Z% or measurably improving user outcomes through better AI integration. We care about results not just launches.

• You proactively find and solve problems others havent defined yet youve identified gaps in how LLMs consume tools or APIs scoped the problem across teams and driven the fix without waiting for someone to hand you a brief.

• Youve built or owned evaluation pipelines end-to-end designing metrics building benchmarking infrastructure and using data to make architectural decisions about AI integrations at scale.

• You set technical standards that others follow whether thats tool design patterns API contracts for AI agents documentation quality or observability practices. Your work becomes the reference point.

• You can connect external ecosystem changes to internal strategy when a new LLM capability drops or a partner shifts their architecture you can quickly assess the implications for Canva and re-prioritise accordingly.

• Youre proficient in Python and familiar with ML frameworks and equally comfortable working with TypeScript/ and cloud infrastructure (Cloudflare Workers AWS or similar).

• You thrive in cross-team partner-facing work influencing engineering product and external AI platform teams to shape integration strategy. Youre comfortable operating across team boundaries without formal authority.

• Youre energised by ambiguity and pace the AI ecosystem is evolving rapidly and you bring clarity and momentum rather than waiting for direction.

Additional Information :

Dont tick all the boxes Dont worry about that - nobody does!  

Wed 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 youre excited about this role but dont tick every box we encourage you to apply you might a great fit in ways you didnt expect!

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 stack 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.

All interviews are conducted virtually

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time