Engineering Manager - Video Effects - Remote

Overview

This role will lead the Video Effects engineering team in China — building on-trend and cutting edge video effects for Canva that help our users creating compelling video content for their audience.

In Short

• Lead a team of frontend, backend and machine learning engineers.
• Drive technical roadmaps for video inference, transformation, and system performance.
• Build bridges between AI/ML R&D and production systems.
• Collaborate across global teams to deliver innovative user-facing video editing tools.
• Define and uphold engineering best practices and system design excellence.
• Grow China-based engineering capability through coaching and hiring.

Requirements

• Strong technical leadership in graphics and ML pipelines.
• Deep understanding of video processing architectures and performance optimization.
• Proven ability to lead across geographies.
• A strong sense of ownership and passion for solving video editing challenges.
• Experience in social media engineering.
• Excellent execution skills and communication.

Benefits

• Develop global technical leadership within a cross-functional AI/Video product ecosystem.
• Build and scale systems used by millions of users around the world.
• Gain exposure to cutting-edge LLM, video editing, and content creation R&D.
• Shape Canva’s video technology strategy in one of its fastest-growing domains.