Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

Join Our Team at Figma

Figma's platform empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. We're scaling fast, and we're looking for experienced distributed systems engineers to shape the technical foundation of one of the most beloved design platforms in the world.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure systems that support product innovation and user collaboration at scale.
• Architect and evolve distributed systems including storage platforms, streaming infrastructure, and compute orchestration.
• Improve developer experience by building internal platforms, CI/CD systems, build tools, and APIs.
• Collaborate across product and infrastructure teams to design secure, maintainable, and performant systems.
• Participate in shaping platform strategy, roadmaps, and engineering best practices across the organization.
• Debug and resolve complex production issues that span services and layers of the stack.
• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and technical excellence.

We'd Love to Hear From You If You Have

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, specifically in backend or infrastructure engineering.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts such as sharding, replication, consistency, and eventual convergence.
• Experience with cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure), infrastructure-as-code, and container orchestration.
• Proficiency in languages such as Go, TypeScript, Python, Rust, or Ruby.
• Strong system design skills and a track record of architecting resilient production systems.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience collaborating across teams and mentoring others.

The job requires a passion for building developer productivity tools, including development environments, CI/CD pipelines, and build systems. Experience scaling storage platforms or operating streaming systems like Kafka is also beneficial. A strong problem-solving skillset and bias for action are essential for tackling high-impact, gritty challenges. At Figma, we value Grow as you go, so if your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States. Figma celebrates and supports diversity, ensuring that all employees, products, and communities flourish. We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, learning & development stipend, work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Equity and sales incentive pay are also offered to eligible employees.