Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. We're looking for an experienced technical leader to help shape our build and CI infrastructure, uplevel the team, and deliver high-impact platforms that accelerate engineering velocity.

Requirements

• Drive technical roadmap and strategy for the Build Systems team
• Partner with cross-functional teams and leadership to identify developer pain points and design elegant, scalable solutions
• Lead complex, multi-quarter initiatives reducing build/test times and improving CI reliability
• Design, build, and maintain modern developer tools including scalable build systems, distributed CI platforms, and test frameworks
• Architect and implement large-scale infrastructure on AWS that powers our entire build pipeline to ensure reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency
• Mentor and uplevel the team through technical guidance, code reviews, and architectural leadership
• Collaborate with product engineers (your customers), infrastructure teams, and executive stakeholders, and communicate technical decisions clearly to audiences ranging from individual contributors to senior leadership
• Keep up to date with industry trends and best practices in build systems, CI, and developer tooling, and incorporate applicable technologies into our roadmap

Benefits

• health, dental & vision
• retirement with company contribution
• parental leave & reproductive or family planning support
• mental health & wellness benefits
• generous PTO
• company recharge days
• learning & development stipend
• work from home stipend
• cell phone reimbursement
• sales incentive pay for most sales roles
• annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles