Senior Data Scientist - Affinity

At Canva, our mission is to empower the world to design. To get cutting edge research into the hands of millions of users faster, we're looking for a Frontend Engineer focused on research enablement (internal tooling) and productionisation. The team turns promising experiments into stable, scalable, user facing capabilities and supports ML researchers with evaluating bleeding edge models.

About the role:

You'll be the bridge between research and production. Partnering closely with researchers, and stakeholders across our Gen AI group, you'll ensure experimental code is production ready, build internal apps and services, and create the tooling and processes that let multiple model variants ship safely and quickly. Your work shortens the research to user loop, reduces duplication, and ensures our ML features are reliable, observable, and easy for other teams to adopt.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Collaborate closely with stakeholders, designers, and cross functional teams to create innovative and user friendly solutions
• Design, develop, and maintain high performance, scalable, and reusable front end components and systems
• Identify and implement best practices and methodologies for front end engineering
• Help foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement
• Participate in code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices
• Stay up-to-date with the latest front end technologies, trends, and industry advancements
• Contribute to the overall architecture and design of front end systems, ensuring maintainability and extensibility

You're probably a match if you have:

• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and state management libraries (e.g., MobX)
• Experience with back end technologies such as Node.js or Java
• Expertise in writing performant, reusable code for UI components, including appropriate testing
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, taking ownership of projects and outcomes
• Experience with big picture thinking and attention to detail
• Passion for creating exceptional user experiences
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment

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 stack of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Here's a taste of what's 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, home 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.

Please note that interviews are predominantly conducted virtually.

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney, Australia but Austria is home to part of our European operations. And 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.

Fun fact, a big part of our Austrian operations is developing the AI product within Canva to help reimagine how artificial intelligence can be used in design. Pretty cool ha!