Staff Software Engineer (Frontend) – Editing Collaboration

This role is based in Sydney, Australia.

What you'll do:

• Lead the technical direction for real-time collaboration features and commenting.
• Integrate AI into team collaboration flows.
• Build shared infrastructure and frameworks for collaboration tooling.
• Write code and influence product direction.
• Make critical calls on latency, reliability, and data consistency.
• Mentor peers and share knowledge.
• Drive cross-team collaboration.

You're probably a match if:

• You’ve led large-scale engineering projects.
• You’re hands-on with real-time technologies like WebSockets or WebRTC.
• You have strong frontend skills in React, TypeScript, and JavaScript.
• You love mentoring and raising the engineering bar.

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.