Engineering Director - Editor
Job Description
T he Editor pillar is responsible for the core product offerings of the Figma Design tool including: the core Design Experience, Prototyping, Design Systems, and Inspection (for Developers using Figma Design). We're hiring a seasoned Engineering D irector who has experience building and supporting full stack, product oriented teams.
As the engineering lead for the pillar, you will have a pivotal role in shaping the strategy and technical execution of the team, while supporting senior engineering managers and senior ICs. You will collaborate closely with cross functional partners across Product, Design, Data Science, and Research to determine how best to support our users. Your technical expertise, leadership, and operational excellence will help to drive product quality and deliver a delightful user experience.
What you'll do at Figma:
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
Read more about our team:
As the engineering lead for the pillar, you will have a pivotal role in shaping the strategy and technical execution of the team, while supporting senior engineering managers and senior ICs. You will collaborate closely with cross functional partners across Product, Design, Data Science, and Research to determine how best to support our users. Your technical expertise, leadership, and operational excellence will help to drive product quality and deliver a delightful user experience.
What you'll do at Figma:
- Manage, support and grow a team of product/full stack oriented EMs and engineers who own Figma's c ore design tool.
- Partner with other cross functional leaders to set strategy, priorities, and mission for the Editor product area.
- Work closely with Product , Research, Design , and Data Science to build the foundation for our product offerings.
- Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization.
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
- 5+ years experience hiring and leading teams as an engineering manager; and at least 2+ years experience managing other managers across multiple workstreams.
- A product mindset that enables you to work effectively with cross functional peers
- Experience scaling services and teams in high growth environments
- A desire to build an inclusive and diverse culture
- The ability to support and grow senior ICs and managers
Read more about our team:
- A new collaboration with Adobe
- Investing in Figma: The Decade of Design
- Figma's next product is a multiplayer whiteboard called FigJam
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06/13/2023
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