Manager of Software Engineering, Figma

• 8+ years of frontend engineering experience
• 3+ years of engineering management experience
• Extensive experience with Typescript and React
• Experience building complex web applications with modern frameworks
• 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

Desirable

• The Frontend Platform team's mission is to empower Figma’s frontend web developers to quickly adopt best practices, create features, and own performance and quality end-to-end
• This team defines and builds the frameworks and best practices for Figma’s Frontend Javascript and Typescript codebase
• As an Engineering Manager, you will reshape how Figma’s client codebase is organized to make it more modular and performant, with the appropriate abstractions on the client side
• The team also owns the tooling and build deployment frameworks that enables us to efficiently ship performant, high-quality frontend code as we scale Figma engineering
• Manage, support, and grow a diverse team of experienced engineers to drive Figma’s frontend technical strategy
• Empower our internal frontend developers to quickly ship high-quality features
• Roll up your sleeves as needed to get involved in the technical details of creating a world-class frontend codebase
• Partner with product and 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