Manager, Software Engineering - Infrastructure
FigmaAbout the role
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!
We are looking to expand our Leadership team within our greater Infrastructure organization. Please see details on team below:
FigFile:
- The FigFile Content team manages the infrastructure that supports file and asset operations. As the Engineering Manager, you will be instrumental in shaping the future of Figma's file management capabilities, ensuring that our systems are secure, efficient, and scalable.
- This role impacts both our internal processes and the experience of millions of users worldwide. You will collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teams to integrate new features and optimize existing systems, building and extending our infrastructure to support a diverse set of products and features. The role presents opportunities to tackle challenges such as expanding data locality, implementing enterprise-grade encryption solutions, and enhancing content management systems, all of which are vital to Figma's growth and success in the competitive design software landscape.
These roles are 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, support and develop a team of engineers, including staff level engineers, who design and build scalable services to power Figma’s infrastructure
- Drive the execution of strategic initiatives, enhancing Figma’s core infrastructure supporting Files and associated media
- Partner with product and engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects
- 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
- Figma is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture. We expect all of our leaders to play a role in helping to build and drive these initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs in partnership with teams across all of Figma
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
- 3+ years of experience managing and leading high output engineering teams
- Experience working on internal product infrastructure teams with many internal customers
- Experience growing and extending internal platforms, with an emphasis on customer experience, and developer velocity
- Demonstrated leadership skills in building a high-performing and highly engaged engineering team. Proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers
- Demonstrated experience with understanding the needs of our internal client teams and aligning roadmap to drive maximum business impact
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 (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), 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. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.
Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and a
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