Technical Artist – Video Effect

Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Technical Artist – Video EffectFull-timeRecruitment type: Fixed TermCompany DescriptionAt Canva’s Design Experience supergroup, we’re on a mission to build powerful yet simple tools that empower anyone to design anything. Within the Video group, we focus on creating seamless, intuitive, and high-performance video editing experiences for users across the globe. We work at the intersection of creativity and technology—bringing together engineers, designers, and creatives to push the boundaries of what’s possible in visual storytelling. From real-time rendering to advanced effects, our work directly shapes how users bring their ideas to life through video.About the Role As a Technical Artist, you’ll sit at the intersection of engineering, rendering technology, and creative production. You’ll play a key role in building and optimizing visual effects for Canva’s video editing tools—working with custom rendering engines and internal algorithm capabilities to deliver high-quality, real-time visual experiences. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in blending artistic vision with technical execution, and who is passionate about pushing visual fidelity while maintaining performance at scale.Job DescriptionWhat you’ll do (responsibilities)You’ll design and develop visual effects for video editing, including scene effects, facial effects, and post-processing pipelinesYou’ll build and optimize materials and shaders using Canva’s rendering engine and internal toolingYou’ll collaborate closely with engineers and designers to deliver visually compelling and performant featuresYou’ll leverage DCC tools to prototype and translate creative ideas into production-ready effectsYou’ll write and maintain scripts (Lua, JavaScript) to enable dynamic and interactive visual behaviorsYou’ll continuously explore new rendering techniques and industry trends to push the quality of Canva’s video experienceQualificationsWhat we’re looking forYou have strong experience working with real-time rendering pipelines, with the ability to build materials, shaders, and visual effects that balance visual quality and performanceYou’re familiar with modern rendering or game engines (e.g., Unreal Engine 5), with a foundational understanding of Blueprints and C++You’re comfortable using scripting languages such as Lua or JavaScript to drive dynamic and interactive visual behavioursYou bring experience from high-quality visual environments (e.g., 3A games, digital humans, or interactive media)You have worked on systems such as face customization or character creation, with an understanding of scalable visual systemsYou have exposure to Procedural Content Generation (PCG), and ideally experience integrating with AI/AIGC-driven workflowsYou have knowledge of character pipelines, including motion capture, animation optimization, or character physics/dynamics (nice to have)You’re confident using DCC tools to prototype and translate creative concepts into production-ready assetsYou collaborate effectively with engineers, designers, and product teams, and are motivated by empowering users to create high-quality video contentBy clicking the link above or any third-party link within this posting, you are leaving this site and going to a third-party website where the third-party website's terms and privacy policy applyI'm interestedI'm interestedPrivacy NoticeImprintI'm interestedshare this jobShare to WeChat×Copy the link and open WeChat to share.Copy to clipboardOpen WeChatShare to WeChat×Use Scan QR Code in WeChat and click ··· to share.