Staff Security Engineer - AI Security (Remote)

1w1 week ago

Canva

Sydney, AU · Full-time · A$220,000 – A$320,000

About this role

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. We’re building a specialized AI Security capability to address unique challenges of deploying AI and machine learning at scale. As a Staff Security Engineer, you’ll operate at the intersection of security engineering and AI innovation.

You’ll pioneer new approaches to emerging AI security challenges and drive novel research into evolving threats and attack techniques. Serve as a technical authority across Canva, setting strategic direction for AI security and defining frameworks, standards, and secure-by-design patterns. This enables safe AI adoption across product and business.

Work closely with engineering, product, AI research, and business stakeholders in a high-impact role. Our flagship campus is in Sydney with a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide. You have choice in where and how you work, trusted to choose the balance that empowers you and your team.

Shape how Canva secures AI both now and for the future as change continues to be part of our DNA. Lead in a fast-moving, ambiguous space with high-paced environments. Bring calm, high-leverage leadership to influence senior stakeholders and align cross-functional teams.

Requirements

Deep technical expertise in AI security, with a track record of novel research and innovation and the ability to apply that knowledge pragmatically to real-world challenges at scale
Proven ability to explore genuinely unknown security problems, think holistically across product and business contexts, and set strategic direction in a fast-moving, ambiguous space
Recognised technical authority and thought leader who can influence senior stakeholders, align cross-functional teams, and drive outcomes without a clear playbook
Balance risk, usability, and velocity intuitively, enabling safe AI adoption at scale without slowing down the teams building it
Self-motivated and thrive in high-paced environments, bringing calm, high-leverage leadership

Responsibilities

Define the strategic direction and security frameworks for AI systems at scale, and lead the design and implementation of controls across model training pipelines, inference endpoints, and AI-powered features
Lead novel research into emerging AI security threats and attack vectors, and drive threat modelling, vulnerability assessments, and penetration testing focused on risks such as prompt injection, model poisoning, and data extraction
Serve as the technical authority for AI security across Canva by leading security reviews and code assessments for AI use cases, identifying risks and providing actionable recommendations
Drive the strategy and development of detection rules and response playbooks tailored to AI-specific security incidents and anomalous behaviour, ensuring they scale across Canva’s AI footprint
Lead organisation-wide AI security standards and best practices by collaborating with stakeholders across the business to embed secure-by-design workflows, and mentor and guide other security engineers

Benefits

Choice in where and how you work, trusted to choose the balance that empowers you and your team to achieve goals
Flagship campus in Sydney, campus in Melbourne, and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide
Remote across Australia with flexible work arrangements