Machine Learning Engineering Manager - Evaluations

This role is based in London, England, United Kingdom.

Responsibilities:

• Coaching and mentoring a high-performing team of Machine Learning Engineers and Research Scientists.
• Owning the evaluation infrastructure, including design, build, and maintenance of robust evaluation systems.
• Building automated metrics for predicting human aesthetic judgment.
• Advising on human evaluation pipelines and model improvements.
• Setting technical strategy aligned with Canva's AI and product goals.
• Guiding engineering direction across model deployment and production systems.
• Partnering cross-functionally to ensure ML capabilities translate into product impact.

Requirements:

• Experience leading machine learning engineering teams and delivering production systems.
• Expert knowledge in deploying generative models in production environments.
• Hands-on experience building ML infrastructure and evaluation pipelines.
• Strong systems design skills and experience with MLOps.
• Understanding of design principles to operationalize them as measurable signals.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences.