Software Engineer, Figma
Server Platform
$149-350k
Salary range is only for the applicants based in the SF/NY hub offices
Design platform for product teams
Job no longer available
Design platform for product teams
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$149-350k
Salary range is only for the applicants based in the SF/NY hub offices
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
- We’re looking for engineers who are passionate about building a platform used every day by the other engineers you work with
- You're someone who is excited to talk to your users, bounce ideas off them, and get immediate feedback on how a feature works
- 4+ years of experience building infrastructure components / services at scale
- Experience building and scaling distributed systems as an individual contributor and/or Team Lead
- Previously built or worked on Compute, Deployment, Infrastructure as Code, Traffic, or Observability systems at scale
- Proven track record of building, scaling, and shipping high-quality products in high growth environments
- Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
Desirable
- Have excellent problem solving skills. You use a systematic and thorough approach. You think from first principles and have a bias for action. Are driven by impact. You are willing to work on grungy problems if they have a high impact on the business or the health of the infrastructure
- Care deeply about the quality of the software / systems you build. You have an artisan mentality and are always looking to improve your craft. At the same time you are able to strike the right balance between idealism and pragmatism
- Have excellent technical communication skills
- Finally, Figma is a close-knit company with a strong culture that promotes inclusivity and collaboration, taking ambitious goals and having fun doing so. You deeply value these traits and see yourself actively contributing to it
What the job involves
- Design, build and operate scalable infrastructure systems and services that power Figma’s innovative tools for design and collaboration
- Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes
- Work with engineers across the company to build innovative new features that operate at scale
- Help debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
Otta's take
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
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
Founders
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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