Senior Research Scientist - Generative Video

Join Canva's team redefining how the world experiences design. As a Senior Research Scientist (Generative Video), you'll help push the boundaries of video generation and editing, turning cutting-edge research into practical, scalable capabilities that empower millions of creators.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in generative video modeling, including strong familiarity with modern approaches such as video diffusion, temporal modeling techniques, controllability methods, and consistency and identity preservation.
• Experience developing and deploying generative AI systems (video synthesis/editing strongly preferred; multimodal systems also valuable).
• Strong working knowledge of multimodal representation learning (video-text, video-image, VLM-style conditioning, retrieval-augmented conditioning).
• A solid publication record or demonstrable research impact in industry (shipped systems, patents, open-source contributions, or measurable product gains).
• Proficiency turning complex papers/ideas into robust implementations and evaluating them with scientific rigor.
• A collaborative mindset: you partner exceptionally well with engineering, product, design, and other researchers.

Benefits

• Equity packages
• Health benefits plans
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
• Inclusive parental leave policy
• Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance
• Flexible leave options