Software Engineering Manager, Figma

• 3+ years of experience managing and leading a high output platform or product teams in a complex technical domain, such as on distributed data systems or database internals
• 5+ years experience building and scaling distributed or storage systems as a technical hands on leader and/or as an individual contributor within a public cloud environment, such as AWS or GCP
• Hands-on experience with core data storage and streaming systems and technologies, such as Postgres, MySQL, Memcache, Redis, Kafka, Kinesis etc
• Proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers
• Demonstrated experience with understanding the needs of our internal client teams and aligning roadmap to drive maximum business impact
• Experience safely evolving infrastructure that actively serves production traffic to heterogeneous clients

Desirable

• We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to shape and build the next generation of Database services to accelerate Figma’s continued growth and meet the data storage needs for our expanding line of world-class design products
• We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to shape and build the next generation of Livegraph services, supporting the substantial growth of Figma’s world-class design and collaboration products
• A successful EM will be thoughtful and strategic about Livegraph’s opportunities and future challenges, while driving execution on our scale, reliability, developer experience, and feature set projects
• Manage, support and grow a team of engineers who design and build scalable services to power Figma’s infrastructure
• Partner with engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects
• Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization
• Grow your career in an engaged and creative engineering community
• Figma is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture
• We expect all of our leaders to play a role in helping to build and drive these initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs in partnership with teams across all of Figma