Manager, Software Engineering - UX Platform

Figma; San Francisco, New York (CA, NY); Remote; USD 258,000 - 376,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement plan

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Paid time off

Annual bonus plan

Job summary

Figma is seeking a Manager, Software Engineering for the UX Platform to lead a team delivering features that connect our multi‑product ecosystem. The role emphasizes inclusive culture, velocity, and technical excellence while partnering with product, design, and data science to shape strategy and priorities.

You’ll mentor senior engineers, drive roadmaps with cross‑functional partners, and influence the team’s delivery of high‑quality experiences across the design editor and related tools.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of engineering management experience leading a high output team.
• 6+ years of frontend or fullstack engineering experience.
• Proven ability to build product roadmaps with product, design, and data-science partners.
• Demonstrated leadership in motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers.
• Strong written and verbal communication in cross-functional settings.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support a team of experienced engineers to build new features connecting Figma’s multi‑product ecosystem.
• Champion an engineering culture rooted in inclusivity, velocity, and technical excellence.
• Partner with product, design and engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional partners and other teams to build a culture of great work, mentorship, and meaningful work.
• Grow your career in a collaborative and creative engineering community.

Skills

Engineering management

Frontend or fullstack

Leadership

Roadmap development

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Strong communication

Job description

Manager, Software Engineering - UX Platform

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

The UX Platform team aims to improve workflows in the Figma Ecosystem, with a focus on the user experience at the boundary of different features and products. Our goal is to make distinct features within the design editor feel more connected so that both new and experienced users can move as quickly as possible through their creative process. The team tackles complex core product and platform challenges with real revenue implications, shaping Figma’s product experiences across teams and impacting how millions of people design and build together every day. We build thoughtful, extensible UI patterns that help our product suite feel more familiar and intuitive. Given the reach of the features and experiences we build, we have an exceptionally high bar for product quality and craftsmanship. Most recently, the team has been focused on improving Agent-driven workflows in the design editor.
This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

What you’ll do at Figma:

• Manage and support a team of experienced engineers to build new features that better connect Figma’s multi-product ecosystem
• Champion a strong engineering culture rooted in inclusivity, velocity, and technical excellence
• Partner with product, design and engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects
• Work closely with cross-functional partners and other engineering teams to build and support a culture of doing great work together for our engineering team by investing in team culture, mentorship, and meaningful work
• Grow your career in a collaborative and creative engineering community

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• 2+ years of engineering management experience and leading a high output engineering team
• 6+ years of frontend or fullstack engineering experience
• Demonstrated leadership skills in building a high-performing and highly engaged engineering team; including a proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers
• Experience building product roadmaps with product, design, and data-science partners
• Proven success balancing technical quality work alongside feature development
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in cross-functional settings

While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• Success working in highly complex and ambiguous product spaces
• Experience shipping cross-product features and tools at high velocity
• Strong collaboration experience across engineering teams and organizations

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well as a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision coverage; retirement benefits with company contributions; parental leave and reproductive or family planning support; mental health and wellness benefits; and paid time off. Figma provides paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the requirements of the Washington Minimum Wage Act and related regulations. Exempt employees are eligible for employer‑provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave. PTO is subject to manager approval. Additional benefits may include company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, and a number of lifestyle spending accounts. Figma also offers sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. All compensation and benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and may be modified by Figma at any time, consistent with applicable law.

Annual Base Salary Range:

$258,000 - $376,000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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