Manager, Software Engineering - UX Platform

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

Annual base salary: $258,000–$376,000 USD.

Company

Figma develops a collaborative design platform that helps teams brainstorm, prototype, translate designs into code, and iterate with AI.

What you will do

• Manage and support experienced engineers building features that connect Figma’s multi-product ecosystem.
• Set team and project strategy, priorities, and missions with product, design, and engineering leadership.
• Build an inclusive engineering culture focused on velocity, technical excellence, mentorship, and meaningful work.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality product and platform experiences.
• Support complex UX Platform initiatives, including agent-driven workflows in the design editor.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of engineering management experience, including leadership of a high-output engineering team.
• At least 6 years of frontend or fullstack engineering experience.
• Experience building high-performing, highly engaged engineering teams and motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers.
• Experience building product roadmaps with product, design, and data-science partners.
• Proven success balancing technical quality work with feature development.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in cross-functional settings.

Nice to have

• Experience working in highly complex and ambiguous product spaces.
• Experience shipping cross-product features and tools at high velocity.
• Strong collaboration experience across engineering teams and organizations.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and creative engineering community with a focus on inclusion, learning, and professional growth.
• 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 PTO for eligible exempt employees, and possible recharge days.
• Equity, possible lifestyle spending accounts, and home internet or cell phone reimbursements.
• Candidates must keep cameras on during video interviews; applications are limited to five within any rolling 30-day period and the same role cannot be reapplied to while active or within 90 days after rejection.