Developer Advocate

TL;DR

Developer Advocate (JAPAC): Support content creation, community building through events and livestreams, GTM motions, and customer engagements with an accent on technical depth, sales support, and product initiatives. Focus on building production-quality demos and tools, influencing product direction with customer feedback, and bridging design-development workflows.

Tokyo, Japan (hybrid office required)

Company

Figma’s platform empowers teams to bring ideas to life through brainstorming, prototyping, design-to-code translation, and AI iteration in real time from anywhere.

What you will do

• Partner with Sales and GTM: join customer engagements, unblock technical teams, support deals involving Dev Mode, design systems, and Figma API
• Own JAPAC technical presence: lead field events, activations, and developer outreach
• Build production-quality demos, prototypes, and tools reflecting real team workflows
• Create technical content: guides, code samples, narratives for developer adoption
• Influence product: deliver structured feedback from customers and community
• Bridge design and dev: operationalize workflows with design systems and tooling

Requirements

• 5+ years technical front-end knowledge (committing code to production)
• English fluency (ideally + another language)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience creating technical content and delivering talks
• Experience in product development workflows, especially with design teams
• Background in growth SaaS business

Nice to have

• Design experience
• Knowledge of design systems workflows
• Experience developing Figma plugins

Culture & Benefits

• Grow as you go: hiring curious people excited to learn and develop skills
• Diverse team celebrated for different thoughts, experiences, opinions
• Equal opportunity employer with accommodations for disabilities
• Camera on during video interviews; in-person onboarding required