engineering
Posted 3 weeks agoManager, Software Engineering - Storage Platform
at Figma
San Francisco, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop engineers responsible for Figma's core database infrastructure, including sharded Postgres clusters, schema management, migrations tooling, and database provisioning
- Own the reliability and operational excellence of Figma's data tier — drive incident response, postmortem culture, and proactive investment in system resilience
- Recruit, retain, and grow top infrastructure engineering talent — build a team culture where engineers do the best work of their careers
- Drive execution through clear planning, regular reviews, and transparent communication of progress and risks to stakeholders
- Collaborate with peer engineering managers across Infrastructure on shared operational standards and cross-cutting initiatives
- Champion the adoption of AI-assisted tooling to improve developer
- Track record of building or improving on-call culture, incident response processes, and reliability practices for production systems •
Requirements
- 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.
- Figma's Databases team owns the foundational data layer that powers every Figma file, component, comment, and collaboration session.
- We operate sharded Postgres clusters at scale, build the tooling that keeps database operations safe and fast (schema migrations, provisioning, operational guardrails), and develop higher-level data products like distributed caching and streaming infrastructure.
- As the Engineering Manager of this team, you'll lead engineers who are the last line of defense for Figma's most critical stateful systems — and the first to build the next generation of database infrastructure as Figma scales.
- You'll partner closely with product engineering teams across the company, own reliability and performance for our data tier, and shape how we integrate AI into database operations.
- experience around database operations — from schema guidance to automated migration safety checks We'd love to hear from you if you have: 4+ years of
- experience managing infrastructure, platform, or backend engineering teams
- Demonstrated ability to ramp quickly on unfamiliar technical domains and apply strong engineering fundamentals
- Experience developing engineers' careers — you've coached people through promotions, navigated difficult performance conversations, and built teams that people want to join
- Experience managing managers or leading multiple teams across related technical domains •
- experience operating relational databases at scale (Postgres or MySQL) — including sharding, replication, and migration strategies
- Familiarity with AI/LLM-assisted developer tooling and how it can transform infrastructure operations
- Background in adjacent infrastructure domains (caching, streaming/event processing, observability) that complement the database layer •
- Experience at a high-growth product company where infrastructure needed to evolve rapidly alongside the product At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go.
- Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.
Benefits
- Experience defining org-wide technical vision and strategy across multiple work streams Hands-on
- 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: $258,000 — $376,000 USD
Contact
- If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com .
Additional details
- 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!
- This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.
- Set technical direction and roadmap for the area, balancing reliability investments with platform capabilities that accelerate product engineering teams
- Partner with product and engineering leadership to prioritize work across competing demands — this is a foundational platform team that every product team depends on
- Proven technical depth in distributed systems, stateful infrastructure, or data-intensive backend systems, with a track record of earning credibility with senior engineers and making informed technical tradeoffs
- Comfort leading distributed teams across multiple time zones While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have: •
- We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills.
- 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.
- 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.