Engineering Manager - Infrastructure

Figma · Brooklyn NY

Company

Figma

Location

Brooklyn NY

Type

Full Time

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, create, test, and ship better designs, together. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come make with us!

We’re looking for leaders across our engineering org who are excited about the challenges that come with rapid growth, and passionate about connecting people together through a positive and inclusive culture. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll work closely with your team, designers, PMs, and other engineering leaders to build and ship products and features that support our vision of helping teams and users collaborate. 
 
 
We're currently hiring engineering leaders in the following areas: 
FigFile Platform
The Figfile Platform team is responsible for the backend services storing and synchronizing Figma and Figjam design files. We are perhaps best known for operating the Multiplayer service, which powers the low-latency collaboration in Figma’s editors. 
 
We have many large, challenging projects ahead, and are looking for leaders with strong distributed systems experience, who have operated mission critical “online” systems at substantial scale. 
 
Database API
The Database API team is responsible for all of the Database interfaces and experiences that Figma engineers use on a daily basis. The goal of the Database API team is to make it incredibly easy to build scalable, reliable applications that depend on Figma's Database. This team is also responsible for exposing the database architecture as a platform, giving developers insights into how they are using the databases and ways that can improve that interaction. How easy it is to use these interfaces is directly related to how productive Figma engineers feel.
 
Scaling our Database architecture is both a complex and exciting task that is essential for Figma success. We are looking for a leader who is excited by challenging distributed system problems, data abstractions and wants to focus on internal developer experience.
 
 
What you'll do at Figma:
  • Manage, support and grow a diverse team of engineers who design and build scalable products and features across Figma’s core design tool and FigJam.
  • Partner with product and engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects. 
  • Work closely with Product, Research, Design, Data and other engineering teams to define and build a best-in-class collaboration experiences. 
  • Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization.
  • Grow your career in an engaged and creative engineering community.
 
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
  • 3+ years of experience managing high output engineering teams
  • Proven track record of building and shipping high-quality products
  • A desire to build an inclusive and diverse culture
  • A passion and unwavering commitment to improving engineering productivity
  • Experience scaling products and teams in high growth environments
 
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 engineering leadership at Figma but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for one of our roles!
 
Read more about our team
  • Investing in Figma: The Decade of Design
  • How work is changing at Figma
  • Figma's next product is a multiplayer whiteboard called FigJam
  • Software Design Startup Figma Is Now Worth $10 Billion
  • Figma’s design systems conference: Schema

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please let your recruiter know if you require accommodation.


About Figma

Dylan Field and Evan Wallace co-founded Figma in 2012 with the vision of building tools for designers in the browser. Their goal was to create the first design tool that combined the accessibility of the Web with the functionality of a native app. Today Figma is a platform with tools and spaces to support the entire product development process—idea to design to build—and has simplified collaboration for companies like Microsoft, Uber, and The New York Times to name a few.

At Figma, we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, products, and community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace—we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national orientation, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with the applicable candidate section of Figma's Privacy Policy. 

Apply Now

Date Posted

09/08/2022

Views

4

Back to Job Listings Add To Job List Company Profile View Company Reviews
Positive
Subjectivity Score: 0.8

Similar Jobs

Sr. Manager/Associate Director, Program Management - Volastra Therapeutics

Views in the last 30 days - 11

Volastra Therapeutics is a biotechnology company dedicated to discovering and developing treatments for patients with cancer They have raised funding ...

View Details

Analytical Manager - Materion

Views in the last 30 days - 6

Materion is looking for an Analytical Lab Manager to lead the laboratory team providing accurate and timely test results The role requires a fouryear ...

View Details

Senior Product Growth Manager - Apalon

Views in the last 30 days - 6

The text is about Mosaic Group a global company with a diverse app portfolio including Apalon with over 1 million subscribers and 600 million download...

View Details

Growth Manager - Apalon

Views in the last 30 days - 6

Mosaic Group is a mobile app developer with an awardwinning portfolio of brands and products including iTranslate RoboKiller and Blossom They build an...

View Details

Technical Product Manager - Coast

Views in the last 30 days - 7

Coast is a venturebacked startup that is reimagining the B2B card payments infrastructure They are looking for a Technical Product Manager to lead the...

View Details

Development & Partnerships Operations and CRM Manager - Acumen

Views in the last 30 days - 5

Acumen is seeking a data and systems oriented individual to lead the Development Partnerships Operations team The role involves managing Salesforce C...

View Details