Software Engineer, Figma

Salary not provided
React
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Java
Go
C++
Rust
Objective-C
Senior level
London

1-3 days a week in office

Figma

Design platform for product teams

Job no longer available

Figma

Design platform for product teams

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseInternal toolsDesignSaaSProduct Management

Job no longer available

Salary not provided
React
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Java
Go
C++
Rust
Objective-C
Senior level
London

1-3 days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseInternal toolsDesignSaaSProduct Management

Company mission

Figma's mission is to help teams create, share, test, and ship better designs from start to finish.

Role

Who you are

  • 5+ years of professional experience shipping user-facing features or products as a full-stack developer
  • Demonstrated fluency with one or more programming languages, including: Typescript/Javascript, React, C++, Python, Java, Objective-C, Go, or Rust
  • Experience communicating and working across functions to proactively drive solutions

Desirable

  • Experience writing C++ (or related languages such as Objective C or C) in a user-facing context (e.g. gaming, native applications)
  • Experience in and a desire to teach fellow engineers through pairing, code review, and in-the-moment feedback
  • 2+ years of experience operating in a technical lead capacity

What the job involves

  • The Dev Tools team is responsible for building tools that help designers and developers better collaborate and communicate inside Figma. In 2023, we launched Dev Mode, a suite of features that gives developers everything they need to navigate design files and transform designs into code
  • With Dev Mode, designers and developers stay in sync, making sure important details aren’t lost in the handoff process. The team partners with other product and engineering teams to ensure Figma continues to push the boundaries of collaboration between design and engineering
  • Most of Figma’s developer surfaces are built on Typescript, React/Redux, and WebAssembly. This allows us to develop rapidly while maintaining performance & type safety. Our backend APIs are written in Ruby/Sinatra primarily and most data is stored in a relational database or file storage
  • Collaborate with designers, PMs, and other engineers to plan features and build a high quality product consistent with the Figma product and its brand
  • Build, document, and maintain tests, features and infrastructure
  • Be a mentor and provide thoughtful feedback to your peers, and benefit from strong personal and professional mentorship opportunity yourself
  • Build strong personal connections with your teammates and help shape Figma’s culture

Salary benchmarks

Otta's take

Sam Franklin headshot

Sam Franklin

CEO of Otta

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.

Insights

Top investors

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

Founders

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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