Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Figma is hiring a Manager, Software Engineering - External Platform to lead a team building foundational infrastructure for its AI products. The role sets technical strategy, oversees project execution, develops senior engineers, and helps deliver a reliable, extensible AI platform.
Responsibilities
- Lead, grow, and support a team of engineers building foundational infrastructure for Figma's AI products
- Partner with customers, engineering and product leaders from across Figma to define the team's technical strategy and manage the day-to-day project execution
- Hire, coach, and develop senior and staff engineers to scale the team
- Roll up your sleeves to engage deeply with technical details and decisions as needed in order to help the team deliver on a robust AI platform with urgency
- Build an inclusive team and culture through thoughtful team-building and hiring practices
Skills
- 3+ years of engineering management experience leading high-performing, fast-moving teams
- 8+ years of total engineering experience
- Experience managing platform teams with a focus on reliability and extensibility
- A proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and growing experienced engineering leads
- Experience building and scaling engineering teams and org structure as they grow
- Ideally in the AI platform space
- Ideally reaching a staff engineering level as an individual contributor
- Experience with MCP Infrastructure and integrations
- Experience with LLM, AI gateways
- A background in adjacent infrastructure domains
Benefits
- Equity
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits with company contributions
- Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Paid time off
- Paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws
- Employer-provided paid flexible PTO for exempt employees, subject to manager approval, in addition to flexible paid sick leave
- Company recharge days
- Cell phone and home internet reimbursements
- Lifestyle spending accounts
- Annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles
- The role can be held from Figma's NYC hub or remotely on the East Coast of the United States; in-person onboarding is required.
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