Manager, Software Engineering - AI Product

undefined ago • 3 Years + • Product Management • $250,000 PA - $350,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Figma is expanding its team to make design accessible, utilizing its platform for brainstorming, prototyping, and AI-driven iteration. We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead an early-stage team focused on personalized AI solutions for Figma users. This role involves collaborating with AI Research to enhance design possibilities and lower barriers to entry. We seek an experienced leader with a background in building fast-paced teams, ideally in generative AI products, to drive AI efforts from inception to implementation and shape the future of AI at Figma.
Must have:
  • Lead and support a team of managers and engineers responsible for developing and improving Figma's AI capabilities in our core products.
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, AI research and data science teams to define strategic goals and establish a roadmap for AI product development.
  • Recruit, mentor, and retain high-performing engineers. You'll contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and calculated risk-taking.
  • Drive innovation in 0->1 product areas, exploring and implementing new AI technologies and techniques to enhance user experience.
  • Figma is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture. We expect all of our leaders to play a role in helping to build and drive these initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs in partnership with teams across all of Figma.
Good to have:
  • Knowledge and experience in generative AI, RAG, the fine-tuning process and its application to creative products.
  • Experience digging into product analytics and data yourself to help create new opportunities or investment areas for your team.
Perks:
  • 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
  • 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 seeking a dynamic Engineering Manager to lead a team on our early-stage journey of providing Figma’s users with personalized, streamline and intuitive solutions. As Figma’s customer base continues to expand and diversify, and new technological advancements in AI and generative design emerge, the opportunity for AI experience engineering is greater than ever. You’ll collaborate closely with a cutting edge AI Research team and your work will help raise the ceiling of what’s possible for designers and lower the floor of who can design. We are seeking an accomplished and experienced leader who has built scrappy fast paced teams, ideally working on generative AI products, to join our team and lead our AI efforts from inception to implementation. Join us in molding the future of AI at Figma!

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:

  • Lead and support a team of managers and engineers responsible for developing and improving Figma's AI capabilities in our core products.
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, AI research and data science teams to define strategic goals and establish a roadmap for AI product development.
  • Recruit, mentor, and retain high-performing engineers. You'll contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and calculated risk-taking.
  • Drive innovation in 0->1 product areas, exploring and implementing new AI technologies and techniques to enhance user experience.
  • Figma is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture. We expect all of our leaders to play a role in helping to build and drive these initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs in partnership with teams across all of Figma.

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

  • 3+ years of experience hiring and leading teams as an engineering manager
  • Previous experience in driving the development and optimization of AI capabilities within a product, preferably within a fast-paced and high-growth environment.
  • Excitement and curiosity for 0->1 product development, with a track record of crafting fast moving organizations that can turn innovative ideas into successful productionalized features.

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

  • Knowledge and experience in generative AI, RAG, the fine-tuning process and its application to creative products.
  • Experience digging into product analytics and data yourself to help create new opportunities or investment areas for your team.

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.

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

. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.

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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