Manager, Software Engineering - DevEx AI Tools (AI)

Company

Figma builds a design and collaboration platform that helps teams bring ideas to life, including AI-powered workflows.

What you will do

• Lead and scale engineers responsible for Figma’s AI developer workflows and the cloud agent platform that powers them
• Own the technical strategy and roadmap for AI Developer Experience across sandbox runtime infrastructure, cloud agent reliability, and workflow orchestration
• Drive reliability, observability, and scalability of the cloud agent platform as adoption grows across engineering
• Partner with product engineering, security, infrastructure, and DevEx teams to identify high-leverage AI-assisted developer workflow opportunities and drive adoption
• Evaluate and integrate emerging AI tools, models, and agent frameworks; decide what to build vs. buy
• Establish evaluation frameworks to measure quality, cost, and impact of AI-generated code and agentic workflows

Requirements

• Location: Must be based in the United States (US hubs or remote in the United States)
• 3+ years of experience managing infrastructure, platform, or developer experience engineering teams, including scaling teams and delivering high-performing systems
• Strong software engineering background with deep understanding of distributed systems, platform architecture, and production infrastructure operations
• Demonstrated fluency with AI/ML systems, LLM-based workflows, or agent architectures as a builder (not just a consumer), including reasoning about tradeoffs in nondeterministic systems
• Experience hiring, onboarding, and growing engineering teams in fast-paced, high-growth environments
• Ability to set technical direction, drive cross-functional alignment, and make sound architectural decisions balancing execution speed with long-term sustainability

Culture & Benefits

• Annual base salary range: $258,000–$376,000 USD for roles based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices (remote pay range is localized)
• Equity and a competitive benefits package including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave, mental health & wellness benefits, and generous PTO
• Learning & development stipend, work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement
• Company recharge days
• In-person onboarding required if hired

Hiring process

• Video interviews with a requirement to keep cameras on
• Compensation and job level determined based on qualifications assessed during the interview process, including skills, prior experience, potential impact, and scope

Salary: $258,000 - $376,000 USD (annual base salary range)

Location: San Francisco, CA or New York, NY (US hubs) or remote in the United States