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