Senior Frontend Architect for Real-Time Collaboration

Foss United; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Plane is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer, Frontend to own the architecture of the frontend, define how state moves, and set the boundary with the Elixir sync service. You’ll own real-time collaborative editing, offline behavior, and performance targets for large workspaces.

You’ll mentor frontend engineers across global teams, review code and standards, and drive migration planning in a public codebase. This role emphasizes scalable design systems and measurable quality in high-signal

Qualifications

• Eight or more years building web applications with architecture ownership.
• Expert in TypeScript and React.
• Owned a design system used by multiple teams.
• Shipped real-time collaborative editing to production.
• Experience mentoring and elevating engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own the frontend architecture and state flow across the app.
• Lead real-time collaboration features end-to-end.
• Set performance and accessibility standards for dense views.
• Define how agent activity appears in the UI with authority/history.
• Mentor frontend engineers and enforce coding standards.
• Manage migrations in a public codebase with community feedback.

Skills

8+ years experience in web apps with架?

TypeScript

React

Design system ownership

Real-time collaboration editing (CRDT/

Mentoring engineers

Tools

Electron

Job description

Plane is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer, Frontend to own the architecture of the frontend, define how state moves, and set the boundary with the Elixir sync service. You’ll own real-time collaborative editing, offline behavior, and performance targets for large workspaces.

You’ll mentor frontend engineers across global teams, review code and standards, and drive migration planning in a public codebase. This role emphasizes scalable design systems and measurable quality in high-signal