Manager, Software Engineering - Search & Recommendations

2 hours, 37 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

  • Support and grow a team of engineers spanning infrastructure and model development, including hiring and career development.
  • Partner with product engineering, infrastructure, data science, and product management teams to deliver AI features.
  • Own the team’s technical strategy, roadmap, and goals.
  • Contribute hands-on to technical details when needed to improve execution efficiency.
  • Build an inclusive, diverse team and culture through hiring, community events, and cross-functional programs.
  • Help maintain reliable search infrastructure as the team scales.
  • Work across the stack on systems that support search, recommendations, feature stores, and reranking models.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of engineering management experience leading high-performing, fast-moving teams, ideally in the AI space.
  • 8+ years of total engineering experience, ideally at the staff engineering level as an individual contributor.
  • Experience building search, recommendation, or AI systems as either an engineering manager or individual contributor.
  • Proven ability to motivate, mentor, and guide experienced AI engineering leads.
  • Experience building and maintaining systems on top of OpenSearch or ElasticSearch (preferred).
  • Experience working with LLMs at production scale (preferred).
  • This is a full-time role based in one of Figma’s US hubs or remotely in the United States.

Benefits

  • Annual base salary range of $258,000 to $376,000 USD.
  • Equity in Figma.
  • Health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Retirement plan with company contribution.
  • Parental leave plus reproductive or family planning support.
  • Mental health and wellness benefits.
  • Generous PTO and company recharge days.
  • Learning and development stipend, work-from-home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement.
  • Annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles.

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