Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

San Francisco, United StatesOn-site

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure systems that support product innovation and user collaboration at scale.
Architect and evolve distributed systems including storage platforms, streaming infrastructure, and compute orchestration. Improve developer
Collaborate across product and infrastructure teams to design secure, maintainable, and performant systems.
Mentor engineers and foster a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and technical excellence. We’d Love to Hear From You If You Have:

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.
experience by building internal platforms, CI/CD systems, build tools, and APIs.
Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts such as sharding, replication, consistency, and eventual convergence. •
Experience with cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure), infrastructure-as-code, and container orchestration.
Proficiency in languages such as Go, TypeScript, Python, Rust, or Ruby.
experience collaborating across teams and mentoring others. While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have: •
Experience scaling storage platforms (e.g., Postgres, Redis, S3, DynamoDB) or operating streaming systems like Kafka.
Background in traffic management, DDoS mitigation, or service mesh technologies (e.g., Envoy, Istio).
A history of developing complex, realtime distributed systems at scale.
Experience with evolving large-scale, shared developer platforms to improve reliability and developer velocity.
At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go.
Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

5+ years of Software Engineering experience, specifically in backend or infrastructure engineering..

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
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.
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 and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales
Figma’s compensation and
Annual Base Salary Range: $153,000 — $376,000 USD

If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com .

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all.
If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!
At Figma, infrastructure is at the heart of everything we build.
We’re scaling fast, and we’re looking for experienced distributed systems engineers across a variety of teams.
Whether you’re passionate about storage, compute orchestration, developer tooling, networking, or real-time data systems, this role offers an opportunity to shape the technical foundation of one of the most beloved design platforms in the world.
This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.
Participate in shaping platform strategy, roadmaps, and engineering best practices across the organization.
Debug and resolve complex production issues that span services and layers of the stack.
A passion for building developer productivity tools, including development environments, CI/CD pipelines, and build systems. •
Strong problem-solving skills and a bias for action—especially when tackling high-impact, gritty challenges.