Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer

Remote (UK-based) | £10,000-£13,000 + benefits

This is a rare opportunity to join a high-impact engineering team building the core graphics and collaboration engine behind a widely-used digital workspace platform. If you're excited by complex visual systems, large-scale real-time collaboration, and deep engineering ownership, this role sits at the very heart of the product.

They are a global SaaS organisation powering visual collaboration for distributed teams. Their product enables organisations to brainstorm, plan, design, and workshop ideas through a shared online canvas built for high performance and enterprise-grade reliability. With millions of users worldwide, they continue to evolve their platform with new capabilities, including next-generation graphics, real-time systems, and AI-enhanced workflows.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a senior technical leader within the platform team responsible for the core canvas and rendering engine that underpins the entire product. This is a hands-on role focused on advanced graphics engineering, distributed systems, and collaborative editing.

You will:

• Lead research, design, and proof-of-concept work for new graphics capabilities.
• Own architecture and technical direction across the canvas/editor platform.
• Design and implement rendering, interaction, and visual systems for large-scale 2D environments.
• Build features that support real-time multi-user collaboration, messaging, and sync.
• Drive engineering quality through testing frameworks, documentation, and best practices.
• Work closely with product, design, and engineering stakeholders to shape the future of the editor.
• Contribute to a deeply technical platform used by millions of users worldwide.

You will be a strong match if you bring:

Must-haves

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years working in computer graphics, rendering, visual editing, or graphics-intensive systems.
• 3+ years building distributed or real-time collaboration systems (e.g., Google Docs, multiplayer games, live shared editors).
• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript (or transferable languages such as C++ or Rust).
• Strong understanding of 2D graphics, rendering pipelines, interaction systems, and UI frameworks.
• Experience owning the full lifecycle of graphics or visual platform projects.
• A track record of technical leadership and driving platform-level decisions.

Nice-to-haves

• Background in gaming, visual editors, or large-scale interactive applications.
• Personal graphics projects or research demonstrating a passion for the domain.
• Experience with real-time systems architecture, protocol design, or custom rendering engines.

If you're a senior engineer passionate about graphics, real-time collaboration, and platform-level impact, apply today and we'll be in touch.