The opportunity
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.
What you'll do
Drive technical roadmap and strategy for the Build Systems team
Partner with cross-functional teams and leadership to identify developer pain: points and design elegant, scalable solutions
Lead complex, multi-quarter initiatives reducing build/test times and: improving CI reliability, all while balancing technical excellence with pragmatic delivery
Design, build, and maintain modern developer tools including scalable build: systems, distributed CI platforms, and test frameworks that serve thousands of engineers
Architect and implement large-scale infrastructure on AWS that powers our: entire build pipeline to ensure reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency
Mentor and uplevel the team through technical guidance, code reviews, and: architectural leadership, leading by example and actively investing in your teammates’ growth
What they're looking for
- Collaborate with product engineers (your customers), infrastructure teams,: and executive stakeholders, and communicate technical decisions clearly to audiences ranging from individual contributors to senior leadership
- Keep up to date with industry trends and best practices in build systems, CI,: and developer tooling, and incorporate applicable technologies into our roadmap
- + years of engineering experience, including 4+ years on Infrastructure,: Platform, or Developer Experience teams
- Deep expertise in build systems (e.g., Bazel, Buck, Pants, Gradle) and operating large-scale monorepos
