Product Designer, Core Experience (AI)

Location: Remote in the United States or from Figma hubs in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY; Canada is also listed as an available location. In-person onboarding is required if hired.

Annual base salary: $169,000–$303,000 USD.

Company

Figma provides a collaborative design platform for brainstorming, prototyping, translating designs into code, and iterating with AI.

What you will do

• Lead the design of core editor experiences, including Auto Layout, Text, and canvas interactions, from opportunity identification through prototyping, launch, and iteration.
• Define and champion the editor’s product vision through concrete proposals, design principles, and priorities with product and engineering partners.
• Prototype how direct manipulation, AI, and code can work together across generating, editing, and refining workflows while preserving creative control.
• Use user research, product data, and observation of user behavior to test assumptions and refine design decisions.
• Participate in design critiques, mentor peers, and share design practices across the organization.

Requirements

• 8+ years of product design experience, including leading complex software projects from early exploration through launch and iteration.
• A portfolio of shipped work demonstrating interaction design and visual craft, including sophisticated workflows made easier to understand and use.
• Ability to guide decisions with structured thinking, clearly articulated rationale, and user-centered research.
• Ability to solve ambiguous problems in complex systems and shape them into simple solutions with clear goals.
• Experience researching, prototyping, or building products with AI and other emerging tools to uncover patterns for creativity and collaboration.

Nice to have

• Experience designing creative tools, editors, canvas interfaces, or products with rich direct-manipulation interactions.
• A design and development hybrid background, or experience building websites or applications.
• Experience working on canvas-based interfaces or tools supporting creative workflows.
• Experience with code-based prototyping, front-end development, or workflows connecting design and implementation.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work with engineering, product, research, and design partners.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement benefits with company contributions, and paid time off.
• Parental leave, reproductive and family planning support, and mental health and wellness benefits.
• Paid sick leave, holidays, flexible paid time off for eligible exempt employees, and possible recharge days.
• Equity, possible lifestyle spending accounts, and cell phone and home internet reimbursements.
• Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the application and interview process.

Hiring process

• Video interviews require candidates to keep their cameras on.
• In-person onboarding is required after hiring.
• Candidates may submit up to five applications during any rolling 30-day period and may not reapply to the same active or recently rejected role within the stated limits.