Senior Research Scientist - Audio & Video AI job opportunity at Canva.



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Canva Senior Research Scientist - Audio & Video AI
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Job DescriptionAbout the team:This role is in the audio-video storytelling research team, which is part of the larger video storytelling research team in Canva Research. The audio-video storytelling team has a focus on audio research but also carries out video and design research where audio is present. We make audio storytelling accessible and intuitive for everyone.About the role:In your role as Senior Research Scientist, you’ll be at the heart of our mission to make advanced machine learning design tools easy for everyone to use. Your work will help create new features that make it simpler and more fun for Canva users to bring their ideas to life. By developing and integrating these cutting-edge technologies, you’ll help us achieve our goal of empowering the world to design. Your contributions will enhance user experiences, drive Canva’s growth, and keep us at the forefront of the design industry. Together, we’ll make a real impact and shape the future of design.At the moment, this role is focused on:Working closely with Research Engineers on research in audio, video and multimodal AI, with a focus on audio, translating theory into practical applicationsDetermining and leading research initiatives aligned with short-term product goals and longer-term strategic goalsTurning research insights and academic breakthroughs into practical use cases and advancing those findingsInterpreting experimental results and translating them into actionable insightsContinually tracking the state-of-the-art and identifying opportunities to incorporate new technologies into our researchDesigning, developing, and implementing innovative model architectures and algorithms for audio, video and multimodal content generation and analysisOptimizing and scaling models for efficiency, latency, and throughput across large distributed systemsCollaborating closely with cross-functional stakeholders across Canva to build aligned, technically feasible, and high-impact solutionYou’re probably a match if you have:Led the development, training, and iteration of foundational or open models based on both internal research and external advancementsA publication record or evidence of research impact in academia or industryHave a deep understanding of AI models, including Diffusion Models, GANs, or Transformers, and can speak to their real-world applicationAdapted and fine-tuned pre-trained models to develop greater model control and qualitySuccessfully worked with large-scale AI models for audio and/or video tasks such as TTS, music generation, speech enhancement, video conditioned audio generation or vice versa.You’re proficient in Python, PyTorch or Jax, and cloud computing platforms, ensuring efficient model training and deployment.Communicate clearly, collaborate with kindness, and value knowledge-sharing and co-creation across teamsYou are curious! Always looking to stay ahead of industry trends by tracking AI literature, competitors, and emerging technologies.If you’re excited about audio, even if you don’t tick every single box, we’d still love to hear from you.

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