36 applicants

Company

Figma · 10 hours ago

Software Engineer - Rendering and Animation

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$149K/yr - $350K/yr

8+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Work closely with teammates and partners in Engineering, Product, Design, Marketing, User Research, and Data Science to build new features and achieve roadmap goals.

Creating and optimizing shaders to render blurs of primitive shapes in a single pass

Improving how we order and batch draws to reduce draw calls and render target switches

Developing and implementing faster approaches to anti-aliasing (an open area of research in 2D vector graphics!)

Implementing performant animations using multiple layer caches for fast compositing

Drive guidance, quality, and standards for rendering at Figma, and explore opportunities that keep us on the bleeding edge of new capability and advancements.

Be a mentor and provide thoughtful feedback to your peers, and benefit from strong personal and professional mentorship opportunities yourself.

Contribute to org-wide initiatives like new hire onboarding, interview process development, and Belonging/Equity/Inclusion efforts.

Continue ramping and learning. The technical challenges you'll tackle on the Rendering & Animation team are unique, fun, ambitious, and ever-evolving.

Qualification

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C++WebAssemblyRendering algorithmsRendering APIsWebGLOpenGLWebGPUVulkanMetalDirectXGLSLCObjective-CGoRust2D vector graphicsProactive communication

Required

8+ years of professional experience shipping software with a specialization on Rendering and Graphics (2D or 3D), ideally with experience in C++/WebAssembly.

Experience working on game engines, client-side technologies and platforms, and rendering APIs like OpenGL, WebGL, WebGPU, Vulkan, Metal, or DirectX.

Demonstrated fluency with one or more low-level programming languages, including but not limited to: C++, C, Objective-C, Go, or Rust.

Deep familiarity with the rendering pipeline and rendering concepts.

Proactive communication skills and a desire to work in a collaborative environment.

Preferred

Experience relating to rendering of 2D vector graphics specifically is a plus, but not required!

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

Sales incentive pay for most sales roles

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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