Senior Machine Learning Engineer - AI Effects and Editing

📋 Description

• Design, fine-tune, and deploy ML models for AI-powered visual effects across image/video.
• Build pipelines for LoRA training, post-training quantization, and inference optimization.
• Develop and integrate on-device ML capabilities (MediaPipe, CoreML, NNAPI) for mobile efficiency.
• Scale backend services for model serving, asset management, and real-time rendering.
• Prototype AI effects using diffusion, computer vision, and shader-driven approaches.
• Collaborate with design and engineering to turn ideas into user-facing features.

🎯 Requirements

• Background in computer graphics, computer vision, or computer animation; experience with GAN/VAE or mobile image processing.
• Proven experience fine-tuning and deploying CV models for real-time/streaming use cases.
• LoRA training, quantization, pruning, and on-device inference optimization.
• Familiarity with image/video ML models and integration into rendering pipelines.
• Backend development (Python, Go) and model-serving architectures.
• OpenGL/OpenGLES and shader development (GLSL/HLSL).
• English communications proficient.

🎁 Benefits

• Ship creative ML features at scale powering real-time video editing for millions.
• Collaborate with product teams, AI scientists, and designers to drive innovation.
• Influence Canva’s future in intelligent creative tools through your research and engineering.