Research Scientist - Efficient AI (高性能大模型)

Canva

full-time Mathematical Science Occupations
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Location
Beijing, Beijing, China
Posted
July 16, 2026

Job Description

Job Description

About the Group/Team

We're the CORE team within the Generative AI supergroup. Our mission is to invent foundational technologies that will power the future of AI-assisted design. From large-scale models to groundbreaking research, our team builds the technical core of Canva's creative intelligence engine. We collaborate globally to ship research that makes a real impact—from smart editing to AI video tools—at massive scale.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

  • Designing and advancing state-of-the-art generative AI models across multimodal domains

  • Improving AI efficiency across the stack, including:

    • Kernel and graph optimization

    • Model compilation and systems optimization

    • Model compression techniques (quantization, distillation)

    • Efficient model architecture design

    • Scalable inference systems