Design Ai-Ml Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Canva's Generative Experience Group as an ML Engineering Manager and lead a team building systems for generative design. You will guide architecture decisions, champion performance and reliability, and foster a culture of technical excellence. This role combines people leadership with deep technical involvement, pushing the boundaries of AI-assisted design. Canva offers flexible work arrangements, allowing you to work from the office, home, or a combination of both. The company is located in multiple Australian cities, with options for remote work. Canva provides a comprehensive benefits package, including equity packages, inclusive parental leave, a wellbeing allowance, and flexible leave options.

Requirements

• Have previous experience as a ML Engineer or leading ML product teams, with a proven track record in running long-term engineering projects in the ML space
• Be experienced in both technical and people leadership, making sound decisions and delivering outcomes on technical projects
• Have the ability to support the team to balance exploratory/innovative work with high priority feature delivery
• Be able to effectively communicate (inside the team and outside) the value of short- and long-term features, translating technical details to the business value, building support and trust from stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Build systems to generate and edit designs – working closely with other ML engineers, backend engineers, frontend engineers, designers, and product managers to deliver cutting-edge design generation systems and techniques that empower users
• Coach machine learning engineers and backend through project selection, knowledge sharing and balancing delivery expectations
• Nurture and grow skills in the team including following the latest advancements in the industry as well as good software engineering practices
• Give meaningful input into the engineering direction and strategy for the team
• Resource planning effectively as the feasibility of our projects are very tightly linked to the skills sets and strengths of specific engineers
• Collaborate closely with the Product Manager and other Engineering Leads to understand and contribute to the product roadmap
• Partner with other Product, Research and Platform teams across the Generative AI Supergroup to achieve our goals
• Lead a cross-functional squad of engineers (mainly MLE and BE) focused on the systems that underpin generative design
• Guide architecture decisions
• Champion performance and reliability
• Nurture a strong culture of technical excellence

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience or strong interest in design. This team works at the intersection of engineering and design so a genuine desire or proven experience in this space is preferred
• Have great research skills with the ability to stay abreast of the latest developments in deep learning and generative AI. You are capable to translate cutting-edge research into practical solutions that enhance Canva’s content library and user experience

Benefits

• Equity packages
• 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