Software Engineer - Full Stack
Figma is hiring a Software Engineer - Full Stack in San Francisco and New York, United States. It pays $153k-$376k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Figma.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this software engineer role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot among its tools and skills.
- Figma has 137 other open roles on Level.
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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!
As a Full Stack Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to build both the products and the platforms that empower millions of users—from startups to Fortune 500 companies—to create and collaborate in real time. Whether you’re designing core features, improving developer workflows, scaling enterprise infrastructure, or launching entirely new products, your work will directly shape the future of how teams bring ideas to life. You’ll take on complex technical challenges across the stack, building intuitive user experiences, optimizing performance in real-time collaborative systems, and designing secure, reliable, and scalable systems to support Figma’s rapid growth and global expansion. Our engineers are highly cross-functional, partnering closely with Product, Design, Research, and Data to deliver best-in-class experiences. If you’re excited to work across the stack, push the boundaries of product development, and help scale the systems that power Figma, we’d love for you to join us. This opportunity applies to openings at varying seniority levels across our teams, including but not limited to Figma Editor, FigJam, Figma Slides, Figma Sites, Figma Buzz, Growth & Monetization, Internal Tools, Frontend Platform, and our cross-product Foundations team. We’ll discuss more specifics about open roles during the interview process. 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:- Design, build, and ship high-quality features across the stack, from polished front-end experiences to scalable back-end systems
- Contribute to both new product development and improvements to established products, balancing user experience craft with performance and architecture quality
- Own projects end-to-end — ideation, technical design, implementation, testing, launch, and iteration
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners in Product, Design, Research, and Data to shape product direction and strategy
- Operate, monitor, and continuously improve the systems you build, with a strong focus on reliability, security, and scalability
- Mentor teammates, contribute to team culture, and share knowledge through code reviews, design critiques, and pairing
- Proven experience in shipping and maintaining full-stack applications in production
- Strong proficiency in modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React/TypeScript) and back-end technologies (e.g., Ruby, Python, Go, C++, PostgreSQL)
- A product mindset, with the ability to translate user needs into scalable technical solutions
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with experience working effectively across cross-functional teams
- Passion for engineering craft and building polished, maintainable, and scalable systems
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude) to write, debug, and optimize code
- Familiarity with C++ and WebAssembly in user-facing applications
- Background in areas such as growth engineering, frontend platform work (build systems, web performance, shared UI/component infrastructure), developer tooling, billing and payments infrastructure, or extensibility platforms (plugins, APIs, widgets)
- Exposure to technologies like Stripe, Salesforce, Snowflake, SCIM, SAML, or experimentation and observability tooling
- Experience leading large-scale projects or launching 0→1 products, with a passion for mentoring peers and shaping engineering culture
Pay Transparency Disclosure
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.
Figma offers equity to employees, as well as a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision coverage; retirement benefits with company contributions; parental leave and reproductive or family planning support; mental health and wellness benefits; and paid time off. Figma provides paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the requirements of the Washington Minimum Wage Act and related regulations. Exempt employees are eligible for employer‑provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave. PTO is subject to manager approval. Additional benefits may include company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, and a number of lifestyle spending accounts. Figma also offers sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. All compensation and benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and may be modified by Figma at any time, consistent with applicable law.
Annual Base Salary Range:$153,000—$376,000 USDAt 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.
Application limits: To help candidates focus on the opportunities most relevant to their skills and experience, Figma limits the number and frequency of applications. These limits apply to all roles:
- Candidates may submit up to 5 applications during any rolling 30-day period.
- Candidates may not reapply to the same role while an application is active or within 90 days of receiving a rejection.
Once the applicable days has passed, candidates are welcome to apply again.
How we rate this
Software Engineer - Full Stack at Figma rates 22 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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