Staff Data Scientist - International (CJKI)
Canva · Sydney, Australia
About this role
Canva is hiring a staff-level Data Scientist based in Sydney, Australia. The posting calls out experience with Python, SQL, Snowflake, Performance Optimization.
- Role
- Data Scientist
- Function
- data engineering
- Level
- staff
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Posted
- May 11, 2026
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Job description
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Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
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Where and how you can work
Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have a choice in where and how you work, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.
What you'd be doing in this role
As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that’s all part of the fun. This will give you a flavour of the types of things you’ll be working on when you start — though it will likely evolve over time.
At the moment, this role is focused on
- Define the CJKI and International Data Vision & Strategy: Own and shape the end-to-end data strategy for China, Japan, South Korea, and India. Establish how we measure success across highly diverse and complex markets - defining scalable frameworks, region-specific KPIs, and long-term growth metrics that balance global consistency with local nuance.