Security Engineer, Figma

PhD, 2024

$149-215k

+ Equity

AWS
Linux
Figma
Unix
Entry level
New York
San Francisco Bay Area

1-3 days a week in office

Figma

Design platform for product teams

Job no longer available

Figma

Design platform for product teams

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseInternal toolsDesignSaaSProduct Management

Job no longer available

$149-215k

+ Equity

AWS
Linux
Figma
Unix
Entry level
New York
San Francisco Bay Area

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.

Role

Who you are

  • Recently obtained or is in the process of obtaining a PhD in AI, Computer Science or a related field. Degrees must be completed prior to starting at Figma
  • Good understanding of at least two of Linux/Unix/Mac based systems security, AWS security, Cloud SaaS Security, AI Security, and web application security
  • Proficient in at least one general purpose coding language
  • Demonstrated experience engineering security-based tooling and/or software
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated experience collaborating across functions

Desirable

  • Demonstrated ability to make hard prioritization decisions in security controls
  • Experience in a software engineering role and interested in working on security related projects

What the job involves

  • As a Security Engineer, you will help identify and drive impactful projects to improve the security of Figma's product, platform, and our IT systems
  • The mission of the Figma Security team is to help Figmates ship the most secure product to our users
  • We are looking for security generalists with a strong grasp of Computer Science and security fundamentals
  • You will partner closely with teams across the company and focus on systemic security improvements and risk reduction
  • You will also maximize your security skills to support and participate in operational security responsibilities like security reviews and consulting, external research/bug-bounty triage, incident response, and risk management
  • Perform technical security assessments, code audits and design reviews
  • Develop technical solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities
  • Advocate security and secure practices throughout Figma
  • Conduct assessments to identify current and new attack vectors against Figma products and services
  • Help run our pen-testing and offensive security exercises as well as our bug bounty program

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 achieved a valuation exceeding $10 billion in 2021, boosted by a trend towards remote work. Its acquistion by Adobe for twice that amount just a year later raised eyebrows, but is a testament to the huge potential of this company and its product.

Thousands of industry-leading companies such as AirBnB, Dropbox, GitHub and Microsoft use Figma to scale their design efforts easily across distributed teams. Adobe has committed to leaving Figma autonomous going forward, and Figma will benefit from Adobe's digital imaging and AI tech in its product development.

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Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

97% employee growth in 12 months

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 values

  • Build community
  • Run with it
  • Love your craft
  • Grow as you go

Company HQ

Union Square, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

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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