Director, Software Engineering - Product Platform

San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States 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! Product platform area owns platforms used by every Product team in Figma to build their products. It is a large area that owns key Figma functionality like multiplayer editing, realtime collaboration and access to the Figma files / assets. It also owns the platform for backend as well as frontend development for product engineers. Product platform plays a huge role in setting the pace of product development at Figma. This area works on some of the deepest technical challenges across Figma engineering, while also working closely with product and platform teams to ensure all of Figma’s product surfaces are performant, easy to use, and provide the consistent, magical experience that our customers have come to expect. We’re looking for a seasoned Engineering leader to manage, support and grow a team of Engineering Managers and senior-level ICs in this critical area as Figma continues to build our best-in-class design and collaboration products. 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:

• As a Director of Engineering for Product Platform, you will lead an engineering organization, defining and developing the roadmap and technical strategy for our next generation of critical product infrastructure
• Work closely with Engineering Teams to define and build the infrastructure foundation to support best-in-class realtime collaboration experiences
• Build a healthy, scalable, inclusive, and growth-oriented engineering organization. Not only help with Product Platform, but also help broader Infrastructure and Figma Engineering initiatives
• Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization
• Figma is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture. You will play a role in helping to build and drive these initiatives through hiring, community events,...