Manager, Software Engineering - Design Systems Editor Job at Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc

Manager, Software Engineering - Design Systems Editor

Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, design, and build better products — from start to finish. Whether it’s consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come make with us!

The Design Systems Editor team is responsible for the authoring experience of Figma’s Design Systems product, the features that enable teams to scale their design and designers. Every day, our users leverage design systems to create, share, and reuse design elements, in order to ensure design consistency across their brand and products and accelerate a designer’s workflow. Looking into the future, we see scaling the product design workflow at the core of product development and collaboration.

This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

What you’ll do at Figma:

• Lead the team owning one of Figma’s core editor products: Design Systems
• Work closely with Product, Design, Data, and Research to drive product strategy and build the industry’s leading design system tools
• Foster a strong culture of engineering excellence to ship high-quality product features
• Recruit, onboard, and grow high-performing engineers
• 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

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• 3+ years of experience managing high output engineering teams
• Proven track record of building and shipping high-quality product features at scale
• A passion and unwavering commitment to improving engineering scalability and performance
• Experience scaling products and teams in high growth environments

While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• Experience working with design or editing tools
• Experience in building frontend platforms or frameworks

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

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 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. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. 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. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):

$250,000 - $350,000 USD

At Figma, we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product, and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.

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