Data Platform Engineer

Gomyneed Private Limited; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 376,000; Full time

Job summary

Figma is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to build and evolve the shared data platform powering analytics, Data Science, and data-driven product development. You will improve local development, testing, CI/CD, and deployment workflows while creating self-service tools for teams to build and operate reliable data pipelines.

You will also focus on data reliability, monitoring, and clear data definitions, ownership, lineage, and governance across systems. This is a full-time on-site role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and operating production data platforms, developer infrastructure, or distributed systems.
• Strong software engineering skills (Python or similar), designing reliable and scalable systems.
• Experience improving developer workflows such as local development, testing, CI/CD, orchestration, or deployment.
• Experience with cloud data warehouses, transformation frameworks, workflow orchestrators, infrastructure as code, and observability tools.
• A track record of owning shared systems end to end and leading cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve the shared data platform that powers analytics, Data Science, and data-driven product development at Figma
• Make data development faster by improving local development, testing, CI/CD, staging, and deployment workflows
• Create self-service tools for teams to build, deploy, and operate reliable data pipelines
• Improve the reliability of critical data systems through monitoring, data quality, incident response, and performance management
• Make trusted data easier to find and use with clear definitions, ownership, lineage, and reliability expectations

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Cloud data warehouses

End-to-end ownership

Job description

About this role

Figma is hiring a Data Platform Engineer (San Francisco, CA | New York, NY | United States). This is an Engineering role listed on the official Figma careers site.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and evolve the shared data platform that powers analytics, Data Science, and data-driven product development at Figma


• Make data development faster by improving local development, testing, CI/CD, staging, and deployment workflows


• Create self-service tools for teams to build, deploy, and operate reliable data pipelines


• Improve the reliability of critical data systems through monitoring, data quality, incident response, and performance management


• Make trusted data easier to find and use with clear definitions, ownership, lineage, and reliability expectations

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience building and operating production data platforms, developer infrastructure, or distributed systems


• Strong software engineering skills (Python or similar), designing reliable and scalable systems


• Experience improving developer workflows such as local development, testing, CI/CD, orchestration, or deployment


• Experience with cloud data warehouses, transformation frameworks, workflow orchestrators, infrastructure as code, and observability tools


• A track record of owning shared systems end to end and leading cross-functional projects

Salary: $153,000–$376,000 per year

Job Type: Full-time