Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure
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1 years Python experience, used daily | Must Have | |
1 years Snowflake experience, used daily | Must Have | |
1 years Spark experience, used daily | Must Have |
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 Data Infrastructure team at Figma builds and operates the foundational platforms that power analytics, AI, and data-driven decision-making across the company. We serve a diverse set of stakeholders, including AI Researchers, Machine Learning Engineers, Data Scientists, Product Engineers, and business teams that rely on data for insights and strategy. Our team owns and scales critical data platforms such as the Snowflake data warehouse, ML Datalake, and large-scale data movement and processing applications, managing all data flowing into and out of these platforms.
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:
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Design and build large-scale distributed data systems that power analytics, AI/ML, and business intelligence.
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Develop batch and streaming solutions to ensure data is reliable, efficient, and scalable across the company.
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Manage data ingestion, movement, and processing through core platforms like Snowflake, our ML Datalake, and real-time streaming systems.
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Improve data reliability, consistency, and performance, ensuring high-quality data for engineering, research, and business stakeholders.
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Collaborate with AI researchers, data scientists, product engineers, and business teams to understand data needs and build scalable solutions.
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Drive technical decisions and best practices for data ingestion, orchestration, processing, and storage.
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6+ years of experience designing and building distributed data infrastructure at scale.
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Strong expertise in batch and streaming data processing technologies such as Spark, Flink, Kafka, or Airflow/Dagster.
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A proven track record of impact-driven problem-solving in a fast-paced environment.
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A strong sense of engineering excellence, with a focus on high-quality, reliable, and performant systems.
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Excellent technical communication skills, with experience working across both technical and non-technical counterparts.
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The ability to navigate ambiguity, take ownership, and drive projects from inception to execution.
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Experience mentoring and supporting engineers, fostering a culture of learning and technical excellence.
While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:
- Experience with data governance, access control, and cost optimization strategies for large-scale data platforms.
- Familiarity with our stack, including Golang, Python, SQL, frameworks such as dbt, and technologies like Spark, Kafka, Snowflake, and Dagster.
- Experience designing data infrastructure for AI/ML pipelines.
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.
Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including 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, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. You may view our Pay Transparency Policy by clicking on the corresponding link.
Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):
$149,000–$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 also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:
- Holding interviews in an accessible location
- Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
- Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
- Changing the mode or format of interviews
By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with the applicable candidate section of Figma’s Privacy Policy.
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