Software Engineer - FigFile Platform

Figma; San Francisco (NY, CA); Remote; USD 149,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for experienced engineers to join their dynamic team focused on creating scalable distributed systems. This role offers the opportunity to work on innovative projects that enhance collaboration and improve product infrastructure. You'll be part of a vibrant team, driving engineering efforts and developing solutions that impact both internal and external users. With a commitment to growth and learning, this position is perfect for those passionate about building for builders and eager to make a difference in the tech landscape.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in building and scaling distributed systems.
• Proven track record in high-quality product delivery.

Responsibilities

• Build infrastructure that makes working with FigFiles fast and secure.
• Collaborate with teams to evolve systems into a multi-product platform.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Technical Communication

Problem Solving

Mentoring

Tools

Rust

Ruby

TypeScript

Go

Cloud Infrastructure

Job description

Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, design and build better products — from start to finish. Whether it’s consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come make with us!

The FigFile Platform team is responsible for the backend services storing and synchronizing Figma Design and FigJam files. We are perhaps best known for operating the Multiplayer service, which powers the low-latency collaboration in Figma's editors. We’re also responsible for Figma’s file abstractions, including the File object, images, and videos. And core infrastructure abstractions like content storage (S3, Dynamo), and APIs internal systems use to access Figma file data.

We have many large, challenging projects ahead, and are looking for engineers with strong distributed systems experience, who have operated mission critical "online" systems at substantial scale.

As a part of our team, you'll play a pivotal role in providing a seamless experience for both our internal and external developers, ensuring they can interact with Figma files effortlessly.

Ideal candidates will have experience working in large-scale cloud deployments and implementing scalable patterns. They’ve implemented and maintained robust & reliable, distributed systems that form the backbone of core product infrastructure. Most importantly, they love building for builders!

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:

• Work with amazing engineers, building infra that makes working with FigFiles fast, easy, and secure.
• Work with leadership, stakeholders, and peers to build and evolve our systems into a multi-product platform.
• Define, de-risk, and organize engineering efforts that contribute to team and company goals.
• Build out roadmaps for extending and evolving Figma’s infrastructure.
• Work with engineers across the company to build innovative new features that operate at scale.
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
• Help debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack.

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

• 8+ years of experience building and scaling distributed systems.
• Proven track record of identifying opportunities for and successfully shipping high-quality products in high growth environments.
• Excellent technical communication skills and experience working across multiple teams and functions.
• Experience mentoring other engineers and promoting a collaborative team culture.
• Excellent problem solving skills with a systematic and thorough approach.
• Care deeply about the quality of the software/systems you build.

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

• Experience building infrastructure that powers real-time collaborative experiences.
• Working in a multi-language environment. We own services written in Rust, Ruby, TypeScript, and Go.
• Cloud infrastructure experience.
• Building and maintaining APIs.

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

If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process, market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range.

Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):

$149,000 - $350,000 USD

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.