Technical Artist (Video Effects)

TL;DR

Technical Artist (Video Effects): Designing and developing visual effects for video editing tools with an accent on real-time rendering, shader optimization, and post-processing pipelines. Focus on building scalable visual systems, prototyping creative concepts using DCC tools, and integrating dynamic behaviors via scripting to enhance user-facing video experiences.

Location: Beijing, China (Onsite)

Company

Canva is a global design platform on a mission to empower everyone to design anything through intuitive, high-performance creative tools.

What you will do

• Design and develop visual effects including scene effects, facial effects, and post-processing pipelines.
• Build and optimize materials and shaders using internal rendering engines and tooling.
• Collaborate with engineers and designers to deliver performant, visually compelling features.
• Prototype and translate creative ideas into production-ready assets using DCC tools.
• Write and maintain scripts in Lua or JavaScript to enable interactive visual behaviors.
• Explore and implement new rendering techniques to push the quality of video editing experiences.

Requirements

• Strong experience with real-time rendering pipelines and balancing visual quality with performance.
• Familiarity with modern rendering or game engines like Unreal Engine 5.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Lua or JavaScript.
• Experience in high-quality visual environments such as 3A games or interactive media.
• Understanding of scalable visual systems, including face customization or character creation.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, design, and product teams.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of character pipelines including motion capture and animation optimization.
• Experience with Procedural Content Generation (PCG).
• Experience integrating AI/AIGC-driven workflows.