Technical Artist – Video Effect

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

What we’re looking for

• You have strong experience working with real-time rendering pipelines, with the ability to build materials, shaders, and visual effects that balance visual quality and performance
• You’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 behaviours
• You 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 systems
• You have exposure to Procedural Content Generation (PCG), and ideally experience integrating with AI/AIGC-driven workflows
• You 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 assets
• You collaborate effectively with engineers, designers, and product teams, and are motivated by empowering users to create high-quality video content