Engineering Manager - Content Machine Learning

This role is based in Perth, WA, Australia.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and grow a high-performing team of Machine Learning Engineers focused on automating content review and moderation across Canva’s Content Library.
• Set and execute the technical vision and strategy for ML-driven safety, quality, and policy enforcement.
• Design and scale robust ML systems to continuously improve model performance.
• Partner cross-functionally to deliver impactful, user-facing solutions.
• Drive large, end-to-end initiatives from problem framing to delivery.
• Coach and mentor engineers to navigate complex technical challenges.
• Champion operational excellence and responsible AI.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging ML best practices.

Requirements:

• Experience in leading an engineering team in a Product or SaaS environment, ideally within ML or applied AI domains.
• Prior experience in text, image, video, and audio understanding is highly desirable.
• Passionate about coaching and developing engineers.
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and think strategically.