Staff Machine Learning Engineer Product Insight Enablement (AU remote)

About the Group/Team

Were the Product Insights Enablement group or PIE for short and were on a mission to unlock smarter faster product development at Canva. PIE owns Pilot our internal platform that brings together our in-house experimentation tooling feature flags metrics and most recently a feature catalogue: a canonical view of every feature in Canva with out-of-the-box business and quality metrics for product teams.

Weve built a strong foundation of data and measurement over the years but were at a point now where were not just here to deliver more data were here to unleash the next era of Canvas product evolution. Were building novel capabilities that combine qualitative and quantitative insights lean into the power of AI and empower teams to make more confident impactful product decisions. Were a fast-growing group of FE/BE engineers PMs designers and data scientists/analytics engineers. And were excited to open up this role to help accelerate us towards this vision and to co-create it.

About the Role/Specialty

As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer youll bring deep technical expertise to design and scale AI/machine learning systems that power product insights and decision-making. Youll work across teams to develop intelligent models experimentation frameworks and data-driven capabilities that unlock new opportunities for Canvas product ecosystem. This role is both hands-on and strategic youll solve complex problems influence technical direction and collaborate with cross-functional partners to drive impact at scale. Your work will directly shape how Canva leverages data and AI to help teams cut through the noise and suggest the most impactful next steps.

What youll do (responsibilities)

• Youll design build and deploy scalable machine learning models and AI systems that power product insights for Pilot our internal platform. This includes surfacing relevant insights and make recommendations to users of Pilot based on available data to identify the most impactful next step.

• Youll collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and solve complex product and data challenges

• Youll lead technical initiatives that improve our existing product such as A/B testing and broader decision-making and insights capabilities.

• Youll mentor engineers and data scientists to elevate technical standards across the team and scale AI usage in our product to automate non deterministic capabilities

• Youll proactively identify opportunities to leverage AI/ML to unlock new product value

• Youll balance technical excellence with business impact ensuring solutions are scalable and practical

• Youll contribute to the evolution of Canvas ML infrastructure and tooling

What were looking for

Were looking for a highly experienced machine learning engineer who thrives in solving complex ambiguous problems and is motivated by driving real-world impact. You bring deep expertise in building and deploying AI/ML systems at scale combined with strong engineering fundamentals. Youre comfortable working cross-functionally influencing stakeholders and shaping technical direction. You care deeply about data quality experimentation and delivering measurable outcomes.

Most importantly Pilot is an expanding internal application that supports approximately 5000 employees. Were looking for someone enthusiastic about empowering teams with valuable insights and making a meaningful contribution to Canvas mission.

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

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All interviews are conducted virtually

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time