Manager, Software Engineering - UX Platform

About the role

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

The UX Platform team aims to improve workflows in the Figma Ecosystem, with a focus on the user experience at the boundary of different features and products. Our goal is to make distinct features within the design editor feel more connected so that both new and experienced users can move as quickly as possible through their creative process. The team tackles complex core product and platform challenges with real revenue implications, shaping Figma’s product experiences across teams and impacting how millions of people design and build together every day. We build thoughtful, extensible UI patterns that help our product suite feel more familiar and intuitive. Given the reach of the features and experiences we build, we have an exceptionally high bar for product quality and craftsmanship. Most recently, the team has been focused on improving Agent-driven workflows in the design editor.
This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States. 

What you’ll do at Figma

• Manage and support a team of experienced engineers to build new features that better connect Figma’s multi-product ecosystem
• Champion a strong engineering culture rooted in inclusivity, velocity, and technical excellence
• Partner with product, design and engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects
• Work closely with cross-functional partners and other engineering teams to build and support a culture of doing great work together for our engineering team by investing in team culture, mentorship, and meaningful work
• Grow your career in a collaborative and creative engineering community

We'd love to hear from you if you have

• 2+ years of engineering management experience and leading a high output engineering team
• 6+ years of frontend or fullstack engineering experience
• 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
• Experience building product roadmaps with product, design, and data-science partners
• Proven success balancing technical quality work alongside feature development
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in cross-functional settings

While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have

• Success working in highly complex and ambiguous product spaces
• Experience shipping cross-product features and tools at high velocity
• Strong collaboration experience across engineering teams and organizations

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.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. 

Figma offers equity to employees, as well as a 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; and paid time off. Figma provides paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the requirements of the Washington Minimum Wage Act and related regulations. 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, and a number of lifestyle spending accounts. Figma also offers sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. All compensation and benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and may be modified by Figma at any time, consistent with applicable law.

Annual Base Salary Range:

$258,000—$376,000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to [email protected]. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities. 

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to: 

• Holding interviews in an accessible location
• Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
• Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
• Changing the mode or format of interviews 

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

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 Figma's Candidate Privacy Notice.

Application limits: To help candidates focus on the opportunities most relevant to their skills and experience, Figma limits the number and frequency of applications. These limits apply to all roles:

• Candidates may submit up to 5 applications during any rolling 30-day period.
• Candidates may not reapply to the same role while an application is active or within 90 days of receiving a rejection.

Once the applicable days has passed, candidates are welcome to apply again.