Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Figma is a collaborative design platform that helps teams bring ideas to life through design, prototyping, code translation, and AI. The Software Engineer - AI Platforms will build and maintain scalable AI platform systems, contribute to agent infrastructure, context retrieval and ranking, and core AI services, while collaborating across product, research, and infrastructure teams. The role also involves shaping platform strategy, resolving complex production issues, and mentoring engineers.
Responsibilities
- Support end-to-end AI feature development by designing, building, and maintaining systems that are scalable, reliable, and performant
- Collaborate with product, research, and infrastructure engineers working across AI
- Help shape our platform strategy, roadmaps, and engineering best practices throughout the organization
- Debug and resolve complex production issues that span services and layers of the stack
- Mentor engineers and foster a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and technical excellence
Skills
- * 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, especially in backend or infrastructure engineering
- * 3+ years of experience in one or more of: AI, search infrastructure, or developer platforms
- * Proficiency in TypeScript, Python, or Ruby
- * Strong system design skills and a track record of architecting resilient production systems
- * Excellent communication skills, with experience collaborating across teams and mentoring others
- * Prior experience in building AI infrastructure at scale, whether that be model training or serving platforms
- * Experience evolving large-scale, shared developer platforms to improve reliability and developer velocity
- * A proven track record of leading technical strategy and complex, multi-team projects
Benefits
- Equity to employees
- 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
- Flexible paid sick leave for exempt employees
- Company recharge days
- Cell phone and home internet reimbursements
- Lifestyle spending accounts
- Sales incentive compensation for most sales roles
- Annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles
- Remote work in the United States
- Company-provided reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities
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