Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Figma is growing its team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. The Interaction Design team is responsible for creating and maintaining the runtime APIs that support rich, high fidelity interactions and animations across Figma's product suite, and in this role, you will lead the team that enables engineers at Figma to develop the next generation of interactive features and products.
Responsibilities
- Build and execute on a long-term roadmap to improve the platform, features, and runtimes supporting interactive and animated experiences in Figma products like Prototyping and Slides
- Hire, manage, support and develop a team of engineers, including staff level engineers
- Partner with product and engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects
- Roll up your sleeves as needed to get involved in the technical details of solving some of the most complex technical challenges at Figma
- Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization
- Grow your career in an engaged and creative engineering community
- Figma is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture. We expect all of our leaders to play a role in helping to build and drive these initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs in partnership with teams across all of Figma
Skills
- 2+ years of experience managing and leading a high output engineering team
- 5+ years of engineering experience working on complex systems with an emphasis on performance, reliability, quality, and extensibility
- Demonstrated leadership skills in building a high-performing and highly engaged engineering team; including a proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers
- Demonstrated ability to partner with internal product and development teams to build systems that solve their needs
- Experience building performant animation and interaction frameworks, tooling, and foundations
- Deep knowledge of runtime environments and how they operate, including game, application, or browser engines
- Experience with creative coding frameworks used for building interaction, animation, and time-based media experiences
Benefits
- Equity to employees
- Competitive package of additional benefits, including 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
- Exempt employees are eligible for employer‑provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave
- PTO is subject to manager approval
- Additional benefits may include company recharge days
- Cell phone and home internet reimbursements
- A number of lifestyle spending accounts
- Sales incentive compensation for most sales roles
- An annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles
- Exempt employees are eligible for employer‑provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave.
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