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.
The Figma Research team is hiring a top-tier researcher to support our core product, Figma Design, and actively develop and execute research to drive scale, tap new opportunities, and ensure Figma continues pushing innovation in design and production tooling.
Because Figma Design is used by so many of the top tier software companies around the world, you will be uniquely positioned to advance the state of how product development works across the entire industry.
The ideal candidate brings a deep passion for research and strategy, raising the bar with AI led experiences, and laddering key user needs to critical product decisions and broader business impact.
experience in UX research or user insights at a high growth B2B SaaS company
Expertise in applying a variety of research methodologies, including both qualitative and quantitative techniques, to address product challenges spanning from opportunity identification, concept testing, to feature iterations
Shown success in identifying assumptions that underpin key challenges, prioritizing the most critical assumptions, and creating right sized research approaches to test those critical assumptions
Experience conducting research on AI-powered features or working on teams exploring AI applications While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:
experience using Figma’s products At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go.
Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.
Experience
2+ years in product design, user centric product management, product development, and/or front end engineering
Benefits
Help Figma grow and innovate by delivering strategic research and recommendations and materially influencing the vision and strategy for Figma Design
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: $169,000 — $250,000 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!
Partnering with Product, Design, and Engineering, you will tackle our highest impact problems, influencing company strategy for both the short and long term.
This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.
Partner closely with product leaders to find opportunities, generate strategy, and define success
Harness your product mindset and storytelling chops to influence product roadmap
A proven track record of gaining consensus from executive team members and cross disciplinary partners, going beyond mere research mechanics and findings to articulate a larger user story, and the “so what” to inspire action •
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.