Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure

undefined ago • 5 Years + • Devops • $149,000 PA - $350,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Figma is expanding its team to make design accessible to all, offering a platform that helps teams brainstorm, prototype, and iterate with AI. This full-time role seeks engineers with ML/AI backgrounds to build core infrastructure for efficient model serving and deployment, alongside world-class tooling for rapid model iteration. The goal is to combine best practices with a first-principles approach to enhance Figma’s design and collaboration tools.
Must have:
  • Build infrastructure to train, deploy, and serve models at scale.
  • Partner with ML engineers to build internal tools for model development and experimentation.
  • Work with applied research and product engineers to improve Figma’s design and collaboration tool.
  • Combine industry best practices and first-principles approach to design and build ML infrastructure.
  • 5+ years of Software Engineering experience (backend or infrastructure).
  • 3+ years of experience in machine learning, ML infrastructure, or data infrastructure.
  • Proven experience deploying ML models and implementing the full lifecycle of model development.
  • Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions.
Good to have:
  • Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap.
  • Experience in mentoring/influencing senior engineers across organizations.
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!

We’re looking for engineers with a Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence background to improve our products and build new capabilities. You will be building the core infrastructure to serve and deploy models efficiently, as well as world-class tooling that enables us to iterate on models quickly. . You will be combining industry best practices and a first-principles approach to design and build ML infrastructure that will improve Figma’s design and collaboration tool.

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:

  • Build infrastructure to train, deploy, and serve models at scale.
  • Partner directly with ML engineers to build internal tools for model development and experimentation.
  • Work in concert with applied research and product engineers to improve Figma’s design and collaboration tool.
  • Combine industry best practices and a first-principles approach to design and build ML infrastructure.

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

  • 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, specifically in backend or infrastructure engineering.
  • 3+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: machine learning, machine learning infrastructure, data infrastructure.
  • Proven experience deploying ML models and implementing the full lifecycle of model development.
  • Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions.

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

  • Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long-term vision.
  • Experience in mentoring/influencing senior engineers across organizations.

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.

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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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