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PhD Research Scientist InternCanva · Sydney, au
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PhD Research Scientist Intern

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🗓️ Posted 2026-08-06 Sydney, au Intern Hybrid Science Technology
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market A$6,000–A$10,000/mo

About the Company

We're looking for current PhD students ready to bring their research into the real world and help shape the culture of AI at Canva. At Canva, we're building a future powered by AI that's as magical as it is impactful.

Responsibilities

  • ● You will work directly with Canva's AI team on a live, industry-scale project, turning part of your PhD journey into real world impact.
  • ● You will gain hands on experience with real data, production infrastructure and real deadlines, while learning from and working alongside the researchers and engineerings creating Canva's next generation of AI-powered experiences.
  • ● You will be focused on task-specific parameter pruning of foundational video generative models.
  • ● You will combine pruning with complementary optimisation techniques.
  • ● You will measure compute cost, latency, and quality trade-offs with rigorous evaluation.
  • ● You will collaborate with research, engineering, and product teams to move findings toward production.
  • ● You will contribute to the broader research community through publication where results support it.
  • ● You will advance the frontier of agentic AI-building autonomous systems that can reason, plan, use tools, and act on behalf of hundreds of millions of users.
  • ● You will explore the boundaries of what agents can achieve in real-world productivity and creative scenarios, and bring that research into Canva's core product experiences.

Requirements

  • ● You are currently completing a PhD, ideally in your third year or later.
  • ● You have experience training generative models.
  • ● You can design, run, and interpret machine-learning experiments with strong scientific rigour.
  • ● You can develop research code for data processing, model training, and evaluation.
  • ● You communicate technical work clearly in writing and presentations.
  • ● You enjoy collaborating with researchers and engineers on technically challenging problems.
  • ● You are a clear communicator who can collaborate effectively across teams.

Benefits

  • ● You will have the option to work from home as well as connecting and collaborating with your team in-person, on campus.
  • ● You will have flexibility in your work schedule.
  • ● Canva makes hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture.