Engineering Director - AI Platform (ANZ Remote)

Engineering Director - AI Platform (ANZ Remote)

Canva

Company Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte! Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you’re probably keen to find out what’s on offer, so we’ll get straight to the point.

Where and how you can work : Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co‑working spaces in Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Auckland. But you have choice in where and how you work; we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

Job Description

What you’d be doing in this role : As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. This will give you the flavour of the type of things you’ll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

• Defining and delivering the long‑term AI platform strategy, aligning technical direction with Canva’s broader product and AI research vision.
• Delivering the next‑generation AI platform, transforming how AI is developed, evaluated, and deployed at global scale.
• Partnering with leaders across Engineering, Product, and Data to ensure AI enablement across Canva’s ecosystem.
• Coaching and developing a diverse team of engineering leads and senior engineers across our global workforce to achieve technical excellence at scale.
• Ensuring the AI Platform remains reliable, secure, and performant while enabling rapid innovation.
• Acting as a visible champion for AI and platform excellence across Canva and the wider engineering community.

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About The Team

At Canva, we empower everyone to design, using technology to simplify challenges and enhance the enjoyable parts of the design process. Our Generative AI (GenAI) supergroup exists to make Canva feel less like a tool, but more like a creative partner that wows—a AI collaborator that understands your intent, amplifies your ideas, and helps the world create with joy. You can see our recent launches in canva.com / magic.

What's in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard—and we do—but you’ll 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.

Here’s a Taste Of What’s On Offer

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above, we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

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