Software Engineer, Figma
Desktop
$149-350k
Salary is applicable to NY and SF based candidates only + Equity
Design platform for product teams
Open for applications
Design platform for product teams
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$149-350k
Salary is applicable to NY and SF based candidates only + Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Figma's mission is to help teams create, share, test, and ship better designs from start to finish.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years experience developing cross-platform JavaScript applications using Electron, Node, and React or working in large C/C++ codebases (e.g. browsers, compilers, or kernels)
- Experience or the ability to learn and work in multiple languages (TypeScript, C++, Rust)
Desirable
- Familiarity with native operating system APIs (Win32, Cocoa/UIKit, iOS, Android)
- Familiarity with the internals of Electron, Chromium, Node.js and V8, and deep understanding of JavaScript (e.g. memory management/garbage collection, event loop, microtasks)
- Previous experience improving Continuous Integration systems for Electron-based projects and integration with their web counterpart systems around performance, costs, and developer experience
- Experience working with Figma & FigJam to have a strong sense of user empathy
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a desktop engineer to join our native apps team and continue making our desktop app the best way to experience Figma on macOS and Windows
- The Figma Desktop Engineering team is highly collaborative and most projects cover a wide technical scope given the nature and customer impact of the app
- Work closely with designers and PMs to ensure the best desktop experience for Figma
- Shape requirements and lead engineering projects relating to the desktop and web experiences
- Share responsibility for testing, releasing, and maintaining our desktop application and related developer tools and processes
- Communicate and document architectural designs, requirements, and best practices
- Provide thoughtful feedback to others on the team
- Help interview and recruit more talented engineers to Figma
- Some projects you could work on:
- Creating brand new native features like a tray menu, screen recording, notifications, and window/tab management
- Augmenting web features like supporting locally installed fonts, caption generation for voice calls, force touch support, and OS menu integrations
Our take
Figma is a web-based design platform that helps cross-functional teams of designers, project managers, and developers easily collaborate on product design projects. Its standout feature, Multiplayer mode, is like Google Docs for design, letting team members collaborate in real-time on project files that are hosted in the cloud.
Founded in 2012, Figma quickly established itself among its competitors in the sector and achieved a valuation exceeding $10 billion in 2021, boosted by a trend towards remote work. Its acquistion by Adobe for twice that amount just a year later raised eyebrows, but is a testament to the huge potential of this company and its product.
Thousands of industry-leading companies such as AirBnB, Dropbox, GitHub and Microsoft use Figma to scale their design efforts easily across distributed teams. Adobe has committed to leaving Figma autonomous going forward, and Figma will benefit from Adobe's digital imaging and AI tech in its product development.
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Company Specialist
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
97% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2024
$415.7m
SERIES F
Jan 2022
$0.5m
SERIES E
Total funding: $749.1m
Company benefits
- Equity
- Health, Dental, & Vision
- Retirement with company contribution
- Parental leave & fertility support
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Generous PTO
- Company recharge days
- Learning & development stipend
- Work from home stipend
- Cell phone reimbursement
Company values
- Build community
- Run with it
- Love your craft
- Grow as you go
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Dylan Field
(CEO)Previous Research Assistant at Microsoft for 1 year. Spent 2.5 years at Brown University pursuing a CS/Math degree, dropping out with the support of the Thiel Fellowship, when he earnt a grant of $100,000 to pursue entrepreneurial projects.
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