POSTED Oct 6

Software Engineer – Application Platform at Figma

  • Programming
  • Fulltime
  • Anywhere (100% Remote) Only
Job Description

Title: Software Engineer – Application Platform

Location: San Francisco or New York or Remote US

Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, create, test, and ship better designs, together. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone come make with us!

The Application Platform team is responsible for Figma’s core backend platform. This team develops the application primitives used by backend engineers across the company, like our system for running asynchronous jobs, routing API, data serialization patterns, backfill framework, and more. Application Platform also stewards the core architecture of our backend codebase, with an emphasis on scaling development velocity to our fast-growing engineering team, by defining best practices used across the company and enabling teams to decouple their product verticals from each other. We’re looking for engineers who are passionate about designing clean APIs, creating easy-to-use frameworks, and having a deep empathy for other developers.

Ideal candidates will have experience working in large-scale backend codebases and implementing scalable patterns. They’ve implemented and maintained robust & reliable, distributed systems that form the backbone of core product functionality. Most importantly, they love building for builders.

Check out this recent blog post for a deeper dive into Infra @ Figma!

This is a full–time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the continental United States.

What you’ll do at Figma:

  • Collaborate closely with backend developers to develop the core frameworks and systems the comprise every engineer’s toolbox.
  • Take ownership of our core backend architecture and help our codebase scale across a rapidly-growing team.
  • Evangelize best practices throughout the engineering team to keep code quality high.

We’d love to hear from you if you:

  • Have 2+ years of experience building infrastructure components / services at scale. You have a proven grasp of Computer Science fundamentals and have a strong interest in distributed systems.
  • Are driven by impact. You are willing to work on grungy problems if they have a high impact on the business or the health of the infrastructure.
  • Care deeply about the quality of the software / systems you build. You have an artisan approach and are always looking to improve your craft. At the same time you are able to strike the right balance between idealism and pragmatism.
  • Have excellent problem solving skills. You use a systematic and thorough approach. You think from first principles. You have a bias for action.
  • Have excellent technical communication skills.
  • Finally, Figma is a close-knit company with a strong culture that promotes inclusivity and collaboration, taking ambitious goals and having fun doing so. You deeply value these traits and see yourself actively contributing to it.

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Read more about our team

  • Investing in Figma: The Decade of Design
  • How work is changing at Figma
  • Figma’s next product is a multiplayer whiteboard called FigJam
  • Software Design Startup Figma Is Now Worth $10 Billion

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please let your recruiter know if you require accommodation.

About Figma

Dylan Field and Evan Wallace co-founded Figma in 2012 with the vision of building tools for designers in the browser. Their goal was to create the first design tool that combined the accessibility of the Web with the functionality of a native app. Today Figma is a platform with tools and spaces to support the entire product development process idea to design to build and has simplified collaboration for companies like Microsoft, Uber, and The New York Times to name a few.

At Figma, we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, products, and community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national orientation, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with the applicable candidate section of Figma’s Privacy Policy. 

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