Software Engineer – Server Platform
| Company | Figma |
|---|---|
| Location | San Francisco, CA, USA, New York, NY, USA |
| Salary | $149000 – $350000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- 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
Responsibilities
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- 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.