Figma

Software Engineer - AI Platforms

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23 days ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USASenior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$153k - $376k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and performant systems supporting end-to-end AI feature development.
  • Develop and improve agent infrastructure, context retrieval and ranking platforms, AI evaluation frameworks, MCP services, and code preview and publishing platforms.
  • Collaborate with product, research, infrastructure, and AI engineers across the organization.
  • Debug and resolve complex production issues spanning multiple services and system layers.
  • Help shape platform strategy, roadmaps, and engineering best practices.
  • Mentor engineers and foster an inclusive culture of collaboration and technical excellence.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, particularly in backend or infrastructure engineering.
  • 3+ years of experience in AI, search infrastructure, or developer platforms.
  • Proficiency in TypeScript, Python, or Ruby.
  • Strong system design skills and experience architecting resilient production systems.
  • Excellent communication skills, cross-team collaboration experience, and mentoring experience.
  • Preferred: experience building AI infrastructure at scale, including model training or serving platforms.
  • Preferred: experience evolving large-scale shared developer platforms to improve reliability and developer velocity.
  • Preferred: experience leading technical strategy and complex, multi-team projects.

Benefits

  • Full-time role available from a Figma US hub or remotely within the United States.
  • Equity, health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement benefits with company contributions, parental leave, and reproductive or family planning support.
  • Mental health and wellness benefits, paid time off, paid sick leave, holidays, and other legally required leave benefits.
  • Employer-provided flexible PTO and flexible paid sick leave for eligible exempt employees, subject to manager approval.
  • Potential company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, lifestyle spending accounts, and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales employees.
  • In-person onboarding is required if hired, and cameras must remain on during video interviews.
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