Search jobs > New York, NY > Software engineer platform

Software Engineer - Server Platform

Figma
San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
$149K-$350K a year
Full-time

Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. , Figma helps entire product teams , design and build better products from start to finish.

Whether it’s consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page.

From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone come with us!

In response to Figma’s rapid growth, the Server Platform team is building the next-generation platform that is highly scalable, observable, reliable, and cost-efficient.

The mission of the Server Platform team is to expedite development by constructing a self-service platform that simplifies the management of large-scale production services, ensuring safety and ease of operation.

This domain governs the foundational infrastructure layer that supports all other infrastructure and application services.

Its primary sub-areas encompass compute orchestration and deployment, traffic management, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and cost efficiency.

We’re looking for engineers who are passionate about building a platform used every day by the other engineers you work with.

You're someone who is excited to talk to your users, bounce ideas off them, and get immediate feedback on how a feature works.

We’re a team of very thoughtful engineers who like to spend time together at the whiteboard thinking about the right way to build systems to be reliable and maintainable.

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

What you'll do at Figma :

  • Design, build and operate scalable infrastructure systems and services that power Figma’s innovative tools for design and collaboration.
  • Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
  • Work with engineers across the company to build innovative new features that operate at scale.
  • Help debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack.

We’d love to hear from you if you have :

  • 4+ years of experience building infrastructure components / services at scale
  • Experience building and scaling distributed systems as an individual contributor and / or Team Lead
  • Previously built or worked on Compute, Deployment, Infrastructure as Code, Traffic, or Observability systems at scale
  • Proven track record of building, scaling, and shipping high-quality products in high growth environments
  • Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions

While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have :

Have excellent problem solving skills. You use a systematic and thorough approach. You think from first principles and have a bias for action.

Are driven by impact. You are willing to work on grungy problems if they have a high impact on the business or the health of the infrastructure.

Care deeply about the quality of the software / systems you build. You have an artisan mentality and are always looking to improve your craft.

At the same time you are able to strike the right balance between idealism and pragmatism.

  • Have excellent technical communication skills
  • Finally, Figma is a close-knit company with a strong culture that promotes inclusivity and collaboration, taking ambitious goals and having fun doing so.

You deeply value these traits and see yourself actively contributing to it.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.

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.

The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range.

Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including 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, and cell phone reimbursement.

Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.

You may view our by clicking on the corresponding link.

Annual Base Salary Range (SF / NY Hub) : $149,000 $350,000 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 - 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

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 the applicable candidate section of .

30+ days ago
Related jobs
Promoted
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
New York, New York

The Concert Platform offers a comprehensive suite of software products to provide the scaffolding for standing up front-office business applications in a standardized manner which follows several best practices around scale, resilience, concurrency control and quality. Years of experience in softwar...

Promoted
Bloomberg
Queens, New York

While working on the platform, the backbone for many of Bloomberg's up and coming products, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with engineers across the company and learn about the technology that delivers products from the news to financial instruments. If you are a software engineer who ...

Promoted
Addepar
New York, New York

Software Engineer - CIAM / API Platform. Addepar’s open platform integrates with more than 100 software, data and services partners to deliver a complete solution for a wide range of firms and use cases. Addepar is looking for a Senior Software Developer with extensive skills and experience to join ...

Balyasny Asset Management L.P.
New York, New York

Lead Software Engineer, Data Platform. The Lead Software Engineer will be at the helm of a small data platform team tasked with expanding the core data delivery APIs that BAM's data analysts, data scientists, quantitative investors, and researchers depend on for exposing and accessing investment dat...

Arcesium
New York, New York

Arcesium seeks an exceptional Principal Software Engineer - Data Platform to join our Technology team. The Principal Software Engineer on this team will help architect and implement the next generation of Arcesium's data platform. Propose and review solution design across engineering teams as they o...

S&P Global
New York, New York

The selected candidate will be part of the S&P Global Technology’s Cloud & Platform team and thereby provide support in the design, development of automations and software programs enabling the adoption of DTS multi-cloud offerings. As a Software Engineer, the following will be part of your responsi...

Intone Networks
New York, New York

Additional Information: Candidate MUST have at least 16-20 years of total IT experience* Please include candidate's copies of certifications related to this position Candidate MUST be local to Texas Candidates MUST have any healthcare experience REQ INFO SHEET Client: State of Texas De...

Cedar
New York, New York

In this role, you will collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, product managers, and designers to enhance our patient engagement platform. Our Communications Platform squad, part of the Patient pillar, is dedicated to empathetically engaging with patients across various channels. Coll...

Datadog
New York, New York

Software Engineer - Alerting Platform Automation. Our team is looking for a Senior Software engineer to help us maintain and scale the Alerting platform. Engineers across the world trust us to alert them when necessary, so our Alerting stack needs to be reliable and scalable. The Alerting Platform A...

NetApp
New York, New York

Testing, R&D Engineer, QA Engineer, Software Engineer, Test Engineer, Technology, Engineering. As a technical member of the Platform Test Engineering team, you will work as part of the team responsible for develop, test and deliver AI based workflows & tools which can help faster software validation...