Director, Product - Developer Tools

7 Minutes ago • All levels • $281,000 PA - $365,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Figma is seeking an experienced Product Director for Developer Tools to lead strategy and vision, ensuring Figma remains at the forefront of design-to-production workflows. This role involves partnering with leadership to define long-term vision, supporting a diverse team of engineers and designers, and focusing on developer efficiency and code generation to enable frontend engineers to move faster and deliver high-quality products. The position can be based in New York or remote in the Eastern time zone.
Must have:
  • Partner with product, design, and engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities and define a long term vision for the Developer tools team
  • Work closely with, and support the growth of a diverse team of engineers and designers who are passionate about building tools that make developers feel at home in Figma
  • Partner with product & engineering teams across Figma to define strategic bets across the entire product surface with a focus on developer efficiency and code generation
  • Grow your career in an engaged, creative, and thoughtful community
Good to have:
  • A development background
  • An eye for the detail, both in terms of user experience and the technical nuances
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, scrappy environment
  • A strong understanding of designers and the design process
Perks:
  • Equity
  • Health, dental & vision insurance
  • 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
  • Cell phone reimbursement
  • Annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles

Job Details

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

The way products are being designed and built is changing, and we’re looking for an experienced product director that will ensure Figma remains at the forefront of that evolution. A successful leader will continue to make the path from design to production seamless, including Dev Mode, our MCP server, and our next investments in the Developer Tools space. Our goal is to enable frontend engineers to move (much) faster, spending less time on mundane tasks, and most importantly enable them to deliver the highest quality products to their end users.

This is a full time role that can be held from our New York hub or remotely in the Eastern time zone.

What you'll do at Figma:

  • Partner with product, design, and engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities and define a long term vision for the Developer tools team
  • Work closely with, and support the growth of a diverse team of engineers and designers who are passionate about building tools that make developers feel at home in Figma
  • Partner with product & engineering teams across Figma to define strategic bets across the entire product surface with a focus on developer efficiency and code generation
  • Grow your career in an engaged, creative, and thoughtful community

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

  • Experience working on developer products, or products catering towards highly technical audiences
  • Shipped a number of successful, high-impact consumer facing products
  • Experience directly managing and growing PMs
  • Ability to communicate clearly at different altitudes, including driving alignment with executive stakeholders

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

  • A development background
  • An eye for the detail, both in terms of user experience and the technical nuances
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, scrappy environment
  • A strong understanding of designers and the design process

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 anyways. 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.

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 and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):

$281,000 - $365,000 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.

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.

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

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

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 Figma's Candidate Privacy Notice.

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Figma is a collaborative web application for interface design, with additional offline features enabled by desktop applications for macOS and Windows

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