Manager, Software Engineering AI Infrastructure

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figmas platform helps teams bring ideas to lifewhether youre brainstorming creating a prototype translating designs into code or iterating with AI. From idea to product Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows move faster and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If youre excited to shape the future of design and collaboration join us!

The AI Infrastructure team builds the foundational inference systems that sit at the core of Figmas AI products. Our team is responsible for ensuring products like Figma Make and Figma Agent are highly reliable easily observable and can seamlessly leverage the latest cutting-edge models. Our team owns critical production services like our AI gateway metering systems and trace infrastructure as well as our strategy for hosting first-party models. This role is an opportunity to join a rapidly-growing team at the ground floor and directly contribute to our core AI platform.

Were looking for a hands-on engineering leader to support & grow our team define & execute on our technical strategy and collaborate with teams across engineering to build best-in-class AI features.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

What youll do at Figma:

• Lead grow and support a team of engineers building foundational infrastructure for Figmas AI products.
• Partner with engineering and product leaders from across Figma to define the teams technical strategy and manage the day-to-day project execution.
• Hire coach and develop senior and staff engineers to scale the team.
• Roll up your sleeves to engage deeply with technical details and decisions as needed in order to help the team deliver on a robust AI platform with urgency.
• Build an inclusive team and culture through thoughtful team-building and hiring practices.

Wed love to hear from you if you have:

• 3 years of engineering management experience leading high-performing fast-moving teams ideally in the AI space.
• 8 years of total engineering experience ideally reaching a staff engineering level as an individual contributor.
• Experience working on production AI systems.
• A proven track record of motivating mentoring and growing experienced AI engineering leads.
• Demonstrated experience learning new AI technologies quickly building technical depth in a new domain.
• Experience building and scaling engineering teams and org structure as they grow.

While its not required its an added plus if you also have:

• Experience building AI agents agent harnesses/loops or LLM/agent tooling platforms.
• Experience building high-scale production infrastructure (e.g. traffic/inference systems metering anti-abuse and billing systems).
• A background in adjacent platform domains like recommendation systems or networking.

At Figma one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including but not limited to individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience potential impact and scope of role) market demands and specific work location.

Figma offers equity to employees as well as a competitive package of additional benefits including health dental and vision coverage; retirement benefits with company contributions; parental leave and reproductive or family planning support; mental health and wellness benefits; and paid time off. Figma provides paid sick leave holidays and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal state and local laws including the requirements of the Washington Minimum Wage Act and related regulations. Exempt employees are eligible for employerprovided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave. PTO is subject to manager approval. Additional benefits may include company recharge days cell phone and home internet reimbursements and a number of lifestyle spending accounts. Figma also offers sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. All compensation and benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and may be modified by Figma at any time consistent with applicable law.

Annual Base Salary Range:

$258000 - $376000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts experiences and opinions allows our employees our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity/expression veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role participate in the interview process perform essential job functions and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation please reach out to . These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:

• Holding interviews in an accessible location
• Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
• Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
• Changing the mode or format of interviews

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

By applying for this job the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Figmas Candidate Privacy Notice.

Application limits: To help candidates focus on the opportunities most relevant to their skills and experience Figma limits the number and frequency of applications. These limits apply to all roles:

• Candidates may submit up to 5 applications during any rolling 30-day period.
• Candidates may not reapply to the same role while an application is active or within 90 days of receiving a rejection.

Once the applicable days has passed candidates are welcome to apply again.

Required Experience:

Manager