Software Engineer, Full Stack

Figma is a company on a mission to make design accessible to all, helping teams streamline workflows and collaborate in real time. As a Full Stack Engineer, you will build products and platforms that empower users to create and collaborate, taking on complex technical challenges and working closely with cross-functional teams to shape product direction.

What you'll do:

• Design, build, and ship high-quality features across the stack, from polished front-end experiences to scalable back-end systems
• Contribute to both new product development and improvements to established products, balancing user experience craft with performance and architecture quality
• Own projects end-to-end — ideation, technical design, implementation, testing, launch, and iteration
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners in Product, Design, Research, and Data to shape product direction and strategy
• Operate, monitor, and continuously improve the systems you build, with a strong focus on reliability, security, and scalability
• Mentor teammates, contribute to team culture, and share knowledge through code reviews, design critiques, and pairing

What they're looking for:

• Proven experience in shipping and maintaining full-stack applications in production
• Strong proficiency in modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React/TypeScript) and back-end technologies (e.g., Ruby, Python, Go, C++, PostgreSQL)
• A product mindset, with the ability to translate user needs into scalable technical solutions
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with experience working effectively across cross-functional teams
• Passion for engineering craft and building polished, maintainable, and scalable systems
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude) to write, debug, and optimize code
• Familiarity with C++ and WebAssembly in user-facing applications
• Background in areas such as growth engineering, developer tooling, billing and payments infrastructure, or extensibility platforms (plugins, APIs, widgets)
• Exposure to technologies like Stripe, Salesforce, Snowflake, SCIM, SAML, or experimentation and observability tooling
• Experience leading large-scale projects or launching 0→1 products, with a passion for mentoring peers and shaping engineering culture

Benefits:

• Equity to employees
• Health, dental & vision
• Retirement with company contribution
• Parental leave & reproductive or family planning support
• Mental health & wellness benefits
• Generous PTO
• Company recharge days
• A learning & development stipend
• A work from home stipend
• Cell phone reimbursement