Software Engineer, Developer Experience

TL;DR

Lead Software Engineer (Developer Experience): Driving the technical roadmap and strategy for Figma's Build Systems team, focused on optimizing build/test times and improving CI reliability for a polyglot monorepo. Focus on architecting and implementing large-scale infrastructure on AWS and mentoring the team to accelerate engineering velocity across the engineering organization.

Location: This role can be held remotely in the United States or from Figma's San Francisco, CA or New York, NY hub offices. You will be required to attend in-person onboarding.

Salary: $228,000–$350,000 USD (Annual Base Salary)

Company

Figma is a growing product company building a platform that helps teams bring design ideas to life, from brainstorming to translating designs into code, enabling real-time collaboration from anywhere.

What you will do

• Drive technical roadmap and strategy for the Build Systems team.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify developer pain points and design scalable solutions.
• Lead complex initiatives to reduce build/test times and improve CI reliability.
• Design, build, and maintain modern developer tools, scalable build systems, and distributed CI platforms.
• Architect and implement large-scale infrastructure on AWS to power the entire build pipeline.
• Mentor and uplevel the team through technical guidance and architectural leadership.

Requirements

• 8+ years of engineering experience, including 4+ years on Infrastructure, Platform, or Developer Experience teams.
• Deep expertise in build systems (e.g., Bazel, Buck, Pants, Gradle) and operating large-scale monorepos.
• Experience optimizing CI/CD, building developer tooling at scale, and designing reliable, high-performance distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, CI platforms (e.g., Buildkite), Infrastructure as Code, and strong coding skills in languages such as Go, TypeScript, Python, or Ruby.
• Proven technical leadership, with a track record of setting technical direction and driving cross-team initiatives.
• Must be able to work from the United States and attend in-person onboarding.

Nice to have

• Experience migrating large codebases to modern build systems (especially Bazel).
• Experience building test frameworks and improving test infrastructure.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a bias for action and strong focus on impact.
• Willingness to work on challenging problems with high business impact.
• Deep care for software and system quality, with a constant drive to improve your craft.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive equity and benefits package, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution.
• Parental leave, reproductive/family planning support, and mental health & wellness benefits.
• Generous PTO, company recharge days, learning & development stipend, and work-from-home stipend.
• Cell phone reimbursement and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles.
• Strong culture promoting inclusivity, collaboration, and work-life balance.

Hiring process

• Candidates are required to keep their cameras on during video interviews.
• Selected candidates will be required to attend in-person onboarding.