Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Figma is a design and collaboration platform that helps teams bring ideas to life through real-time workflows, prototyping, code translation, and AI. The Software Engineer - AI Product will lead the development of generative AI products and early-phase AI systems, collaborate with research and cross-functional teams, and guide AI strategy from inception through production. The role also includes mentoring team members, improving AI performance, and recruiting AI talent.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of early-phase AI systems to enhance user experience and develop systems to measure and improve AI performance and relevance
- Direct the future of AI at Figma in collaboration with cross-functional teams of innovative software engineers, product managers, and data scientists
- Break down open-ended AI problems into engineering strategies utilizing machine learning, data analysis, and experimental design
- Provide mentorship and promote best practices in data and AI while cultivating a collaborative and inclusive team culture
- Contribute to the growth of the team by improving the hiring process and recruiting outstanding AI talent
Skills
- 5+ years of experience of Software Engineering, with 1 or more years of developing generative AI products
- Comfort in prototyping and pathfinding new opportunities that led to successful 0→1 projects
- Proven experience implementing the full lifecycle of an early-phase AI development, from ideating on which models to use through productionizing and maintaining them
- Experience in developing deep product and business knowledge to connect abstract modeling and analysis tasks with business value
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude) to write, debug, and optimize code
- Demonstrated expertise in AI indexing, retrieval systems, personalization, and/or natural language processing
- Proven track record of planning a multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder up to the long-term vision
- A relevant advanced degree (Masters or PhD) in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, or a related field
- A growth mindset and experience investing in the learning, development, belonging, and impact of your peers, ex. mentoring/aligning senior engineers across organizations
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
- Exempt employees are eligible for employer-provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave
- Company recharge days
- Cell phone and home internet reimbursements
- Lifestyle spending accounts
- An annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles
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