Manager, Software Engineering - Data Platform

<div class="content-intro"><p>Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're 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 you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!</p></div><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">Figma is a data-driven organization, and Data Platform builds the foundation that makes that possible. The platform powers everything from core business metrics and product analytics to the applied AI and experimentation systems that teams across the company rely on to build and make decisions. In this role, you'll lead engineers across Data Platform through their next phase of scale, setting technical direction, growing the team, and partnering broadly across the company.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.</p> <h4>What you’ll do at Figma:</h4> <ul> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Lead and grow a team of engineers building and operating Figma's data platform, owning delivery, technical direction, and team health</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Set the roadmap and technical strategy for your sub area, and provide hands on technical leadership where the team needs it</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Drive the reliability, scalability, and forward strategy of the platform as adoption grows across the engineering and product organization</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Hire, grow, and coach engineers and tech leads, raising the bar and building a healthy, inclusive, high-performing team</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Partner with Data Science, Product, Finance, and Engineering to identify the highest-leverage priorities and drive alignment</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Make sound build versus buy decisions, including evaluating and managing platform vendors where it makes sense</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Keep delivery predictable while balancing near-term execution with long-term platform investment</li> </ul> <div class="section page-centered"> <h4>We'd love to hear from you if you have:</h4> <ul> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">3+ years managing engineers, including senior ICs or tech leads, with a track record of building and scaling high-performing teams</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Demonstrated experience building and scaling data platform or data infrastructure systems in a production, online environment</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">A strong software engineering background with senior or staff-level technical depth before moving into management, and enough current depth to set direct technical direction</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Strong partnership mentality and the ability to manage multiple cross-functional stakeholder groups such as Data Science, Product, Finance, and Engineering</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Ability to set technical direction, drive alignment, and prioritize clearly under ambiguity, paired with strong written communication</li> </ul> <h4>While it's not required, it's an added plus if you also have:</h4> <ul> <li data-section-id="oi7iva" data-start="712" data-end="824">Expertise in large-scale data processing systems, such as batch, streaming, or applied AI and ML workloads</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience with experimentation or feature flagging platforms</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience evaluating and managing vendors</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience growing tech leads and hiring at pace</li> </ul> <div class="section page-centered"> <div> <div>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 you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t 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.</div> </div> </div> </div><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">Pay Transparency Disclosure</span></strong></p> <p>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.&nbsp;</p> <p>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 employer‑provided 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.</p></div><div class="title">Annual Base Salary Range:</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$258,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$376,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p>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 <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf">equal opportunity workplace</a> - we