Software Engineer, Figma

FigJam

$168-350k

+ Equity. Salary applies to SF/NY

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

GraphQL

Java

C++

Rust

Objective-C

REST API

Junior and Mid level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

1-3 days a week in office

Design platform for product teams

Job no longer available

Design platform for product teams

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseInternal toolsDesignSaaSProduct Management

Job no longer available

$168-350k

+ Equity. Salary applies to SF/NY

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

GraphQL

Java

C++

Rust

Objective-C

REST API

Junior and Mid level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

1-3 days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseInternal toolsDesignSaaSProduct Management

Company mission

Figma's mission is to help teams create, share, test, and ship better designs from start to finish.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

2+ years of experience in programming languages (Typescript/Javascript, React, C++, Python, Java, Objective-C, Go, or Rust)
2+ years of professional experience shipping user-facing features or products
Experience communicating and working across functions to proactively drive solutions

Desirable

Experience working on or leading development on a large web application
Experience writing C++ (or related languages such as Objective C or C) in a user-facing context (e.g. gaming, native applications)
Experience working on collaboration tools
Experience in and a desire to teach fellow engineers through pairing, code review, and in-the-moment feedback

What the job involves

Ship a feature to production, which might include things like a UX update to our delightful toolbar
Participate in design reviews, technical reviews, and give feedback during user testing sessions
Craft performance objectives with your manager that align with company priorities and career development opportunities
Begin contributing to feature workstreams organized around weekly roadmap goals and longer-term milestones in partnership with engineers and designers - we don’t operate in silos

Our take

Figma is a web-based design platform that helps cross-functional teams of designers, project managers, and developers easily collaborate on product design projects. Its standout feature, Multiplayer mode, is like Google Docs for design, letting team members collaborate in real-time on project files that are hosted in the cloud.

Founded in 2012, Figma quickly established itself among its competitors in the sector and, in 2024, achieved a valuation of $12.5 billion after a large funding round backed by the likes of General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz. However, its recent focus on AI tools has had mixed results; Figma's Make Design tool, which generates apps using AI, was taken off the market soon after launch.

Nevertheless, thousands of industry-leading companies such as Airbnb, Dropbox, GitHub and Microsoft use Figma to scale their design efforts easily across distributed teams. A 2025 IPO is on the cards too, and Figma has the customer base and market trust to pull it off.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

97% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.4)

Trustpilot (2.6)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

May 2024

$415.7m

SERIES F

Jan 2022

$0.5m

SERIES E

Total funding: $749.1m

Company benefits

Equity
Health, Dental, & Vision
Retirement with company contribution
Parental leave & fertility support
Mental health and wellness benefits
Generous PTO
Company recharge days
Learning & development stipend
Work from home stipend
Cell phone reimbursement

Company HQ

Union Square, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Dylan Field

(CEO)

Previous Research Assistant at Microsoft for 1 year. Spent 2.5 years at Brown University pursuing a CS/Math degree, dropping out with the support of the Thiel Fellowship, when he earnt a grant of $100,000 to pursue entrepreneurial projects.

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