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Company

Figma · 11 hours ago

Software Engineer - Design at Scale

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

$149K/yr - $350K/yr

4+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Building new features in a real time, multiplayer system with a complex data model that enables collaboration across files.

Designing large-scale application architecture and state management.

Solving for performance and memory optimizations—we want to keep pushing the limits of what is possible to create in a browser while maintaining a highly performant UX.

Extending and scaling the Editor and full stack system behind our design system features, enabling teams to build best-in-class design systems that work well with production components.

Qualification

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TypescriptReactC++Backend developmentTechnical communication

Required

4+ years of professional experience building and shipping user-facing features and products, or platforms that power multiple features

Strong ability to understand user experiences and product requirements and translate into high quality technical solutions

Deep understanding of systems and proven ability to solve problems without known solutions or creates new architecture that solves multiple problems within complex systems

Demonstrated fluency with one or more programming languages, including: Typescript/Javascript, React, C++, Python, Java, Objective-C, Go, or Rust

Excellent technical communication and relationship-building skills. The ability to achieve successful outcomes with partners ranging from interns to executives

A growth mindset and experience investing in the learning, development, belonging, and impact of your peers

Preferred

2+ years of experience operating in a technical lead capacity

Experience in and a desire to teach fellow engineers through pairing, code review, and in-the-moment feedback

Experience working on editors

Experience writing C++ (or related languages such as Objective C or C) in a user-facing context (e.g. gaming, native applications)

Experience in building frontend platforms or frameworks

Benefits

Health, dental & vision

Retirement with company contribution

Parental leave & reproductive or family planning support

Mental health & wellness benefits

Generous PTO

Company recharge days

A learning & development stipend

A work from home stipend

Cell phone reimbursement

Company

Figma

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Figma is a design platform that develops web applications for interface design with offline features.

Founded in 2012

San Francisco, California, USA

1,001-5,000 employees

https://www.figma.com

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