Staff Software Engineer (Frontend) – Editing Collaboration

This role is based in Brisbane, Australia.

What you’ll do:

• 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 faster collaboration tooling
• Write code hands-on while influencing product direction
• Make critical calls on latency, reliability, and data consistency
• Share knowledge and mentor peers
• 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—React, TypeScript, MobX, 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.