Manager, Software Engineering - AI Product

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Figma, Inc., City of Westminster

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Manage and support a team of product engineers focused on building and expanding Figma's developer offerings, including Dev Mode, MCP, Code Connect, and more
Partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders to coordinate work across product, design, engineering, and other functions
Define strategy & roadmap for your team and execute on that roadmap with a high degree of autonomy, velocity, and craftsmanship
Provide hands-on technical leadership to your teams and others that collaborate with your teams to ensure a cohesive product experience and the right technical abstractions
Recruit, mentor, and retain high performing engineers (and help with other cross functional roles). You'll foster a culture of innovation, collaboration and taking calculated risks
Figma is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture. We expect all of our leaders to play a role in helping to build and drive these initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs in partnership with teams across all of Figma, 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

2+ years of experience managing software engineers working on products used by external users
A proven track record of building AI-powered products (both as a manager and individual contributor) that are best in class in user experience
Demonstrated ability to tie product and engineering work to clear business impact
Demonstrated leadership skills in building a high-performing and highly engaged engineering team; including mentoring, and growing senior engineers
Strong ability to build and operate fast-moving teams that balance innovation with execution
Genuine curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging AI technologies and their application to user-facing products, Experience building large scale systems using React, C++, and/or Ruby
Experience building & maintaining open source software and/or libraries for developers
Knowledge and experience in generative AI, RAG, the fine-tuning process and its application to creative products

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. 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. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

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