Company Description
Job Description
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte! Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point.
Where and how you can work
Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces across Australia. But you have choice in where and how you work. We trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.
What you'd be doing in this role
As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.
At the moment, this role is focused on:
- Partnering with product, engineering, and machine learning teams to embed localisation quality signals earlier in the development cycle
- Establishing and maintaining documentation on localisation AI tooling, prompt libraries, and evaluation methodologies
- Leading the refinement of our AI translation pipeline, driving optimisation through prompt engineering and rigorous evaluation processes while determining the optimal balance between AI automation and human translation workflows.
- Contributing to the overall localisation strategy by surfacing data-driven insights from evaluations and automation systems
- Establishing processes with country teams to propagate learnings across all regions and optimise operations
- Creating and iterating on team strategy, clearly communicating how that strategy rolls up into larger organisational goals and responding quickly to shifts in priorities and timelines
- Building trust and collaborative culture with country teams and product teams within Canva and shape prioritisation
You're probably a match if
- You have deep expertise in localisation frameworks and technologies; bonus marks for Smartling experience and LLM evals
- You have a builder's mindset, meaning you're comfortable vibe coding scripts and generally just having a go at new things
- You love taking things from chaos to clarity and you have the drive to see things through despite changes and setbacks
- You understand how user experience impacts growth and you can connect the user journey to opportunities turning localisation initiatives into measurable signals
- You understand the needs of LOTE customers and the opportunities available to meet those needs, ideally from experience working in a localisation/internationalisation environment within a SaaS company
- You can document complex systems simply and clearly for broader audiences
- Speaking multiple languages is a huge bonus
About the team
The Localisation group is responsible for the localisation of Canva’s product, marketing, and content as well as the tools, processes, and assets that make this mission possible. We sit within the Global Content and Discovery supergroup but we work closely with stakeholders across the whole organisation — from customer support and sales through to our AI features and the core editing product.
Localisation is made up of localisation specialists, designers, and language managers (native speaker language experts) who work across the business to achieve our mission of equipping all Canvanauts with the best practices, insights and processes they need to go global.
Every month, more than 100 million Canva users create a design in one of the 100 languages other than English that Canva supports. The localisation specialty is made up of three teams of linguists, project managers, and designers distributed throughout the company with a mission of celebrating the diversity of our growing base of global users and making their Canva experiences delightful.
This is a senior specialist role within the Localisation Group where you will be partnering with country teams, product teams, and AI/ML stakeholders to build the technical infrastructure for LOTE at Canva as well as robust processes to make sure Canva is LOTE-ready from the get go. You'll drive the design and execution of evaluation frameworks, promote innovation across the team and automate systems that improve the quality, speed, and scalability of localisation across all markets. This is a hands-on, high-autonomy role for someone who loves building things that didn't exist before and has a knack for spinning multiple plates at once. You thrive in an environment where priorities shift, initiatives stack up, and no two weeks look the same.
What's in it for you?
Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a stack of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.
Here's a taste of what's on offer:
- Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
- An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
- Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally
Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.
Other stuff to know
We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.
Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.