Staff Research Scientist – Video & Audio Generative AI

🕒 December 19, 2025

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $280k - $330k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧬 Research Scientist

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Canva

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2013

☁️ SaaS

📱 Media

📚 Education

💰 $200M Venture Round on 2021-09

SaaS • Media • Education

Canva is a versatile online design platform that empowers users to create a wide range of professional designs with ease. From social media posts and presentations to business cards and posters, Canva provides thousands of templates and design tools to help users bring their creative ideas to life. The platform also offers a suite of AI-powered features to enhance creativity and productivity, including tools like Magic Write for copy generation and Magic Edit for photo transformations. Canva caters to individuals, teams, and enterprises, making it an ideal solution for collaborative design and workflow management. It is also committed to sustainability and social impact, offering free educational and nonprofit access to its premium features.

📋 Description

• Lead high-impact research initiatives that drive the development of foundational models across Canva’s AI domains • Design and execute experiments to validate hypotheses, optimize model behavior, and measure real-world performance • Translate theoretical research and papers into robust, production-ready implementations • Develop novel model architectures and training methodologies that advance state-of-the-art outcomes • Partner closely with ML Engineers to scale models and integrate them into Canva’s product ecosystem • Shape our research roadmap by identifying emerging trends, technologies, and open challenges • Share your knowledge internally through documentation and cross-team collaborations, and externally through papers or talks where appropriate

🎯 Requirements

• Deep & demonstrated expertise in machine learning and foundational model development -particularly in areas like LLMs, vision-language models, generative AI, or multi-modal systems • Experience in developing and deploying generative AI models for video synthesis and audio generation • A strong publication record or evidence of research impact in industry • Experience owning research strategy and execution end-to-end — from problem formulation through to real-world deployment • Proficiency in turning complex theoretical ideas into something tangible, and evaluating them with rigor • Collaborative mindset — you work exceptionally well with engineers, product teams, and other researchers

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too • Health benefits plans to support you and your wellbeing • 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution • 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