Staff Software Engineer (Frontend) – Editing Collaboration

This role is based in Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical direction for real-time collaboration features and commenting at scale.
• Integrate AI into team collaboration flows.
• Build shared infrastructure and frameworks for collaboration tooling.
• Write code hands-on while influencing product direction.
• Make critical calls on latency, reliability, and data consistency.
• Mentor peers and share knowledge.
• Own system health and reduce tech debt.
• Drive cross-team collaboration.

Requirements:

• Experience leading large-scale engineering projects.
• Hands-on with real-time technologies like WebSockets or WebRTC.
• Strong frontend skills in React, TypeScript, MobX, JavaScript.
• Strategic thinking and ability to connect architecture to goals.
• Passion for mentoring and improving engineering standards.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.

About the team:

The Editing Collaboration team focuses on empowering teams to collaborate effectively within Canva, developing core features like commenting and real-time co-editing.