Manager, Software Engineering - Data Platform

19 hours, 56 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
Figma

Figma

Figma provides a collaborative web application for interface design that enables users to seamlessly design, prototype, and gather feedback in real time, while also offering additional offline capabilities through desktop applications for macOS and Win...

Internet Software & Services
1K-5K
Founded 2012
$333M raised

Description

  • Lead and grow a team of engineers building and operating Figma's data platform, owning delivery, technical direction, and team health.
  • Set the roadmap and technical strategy for the team’s area, providing hands-on technical leadership when needed.
  • Drive the reliability, scalability, and long-term strategy of the platform as adoption grows.
  • Hire, coach, and develop engineers and tech leads while building a healthy, inclusive, high-performing team.
  • Partner with Data Science, Product, Finance, and Engineering to define priorities and align on execution.
  • Make build-versus-buy decisions and evaluate/manage platform vendors where appropriate.
  • Keep delivery predictable while balancing near-term execution with long-term platform investment.

Requirements

  • 3+ years managing engineers, including senior ICs or tech leads, with experience building and scaling high-performing teams.
  • Experience building and scaling data platform or data infrastructure systems in a production, online environment.
  • Strong software engineering background with senior or staff-level technical depth before moving into management.
  • Current technical depth sufficient to set direct technical direction.
  • Ability to work across multiple cross-functional stakeholder groups such as Data Science, Product, Finance, and Engineering.
  • Ability to set technical direction, drive alignment, and prioritize clearly under ambiguity.
  • Strong written communication skills.
  • Experience with large-scale data processing systems, including batch, streaming, or applied AI and ML workloads (preferred).
  • Familiarity with experimentation or feature flagging platforms (preferred).
  • Track record of evaluating and managing vendor relationships (preferred).

Benefits

  • Annual base salary range: $258,000 to $376,000 USD.
  • Equity compensation.
  • Health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Retirement benefits with company contributions.
  • Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support.
  • Mental health and wellness benefits.
  • Flexible paid time off plus flexible paid sick leave for exempt employees.
  • Additional perks may include company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, lifestyle spending accounts, and annual bonus eligibility for non-sales roles.

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