About the role
Canva Technical Artist – Video Effect | SmartRecruiters Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Technical Artist – Video Effect Full-time Recruitment type: Fixed Term Company Description At 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.
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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 Description What you’ll do (
responsibilities) You’ll design and develop visual effects for video editing, including scene effects, facial effects, and post-processing pipelines You’ll build and optimize materials and shaders using Canva’s rendering engine and internal tooling You’ll collaborate closely with engineers and designers to deliver visually compelling and performant features You’ll leverage DCC tools to prototype and translate creative ideas into production-ready effects You’ll write and maintain scripts (Lua, JavaScript) to enable dynamic and interactive visual behaviors You’ll continuously explore new rendering techniques and industry trends to push the quality of Canva’s video experience