Software Engineer, Traffic
Design, build, and operate scalable distributed systems and edge networks on AWS to handle Figma's growing customer traffic and services. Requires 4+ years building infrastructure at scale, experience with TypeScript or Go, and distributed/traffic systems.
About the job
What you'll do at Figma:
- Design, build and operate scalable distributed systems and services that power Figma's innovative tools for design and collaboration
- Develop and secure our internal and edge network running on AWS
- Help design and deploy an internal service mesh network which can support Figma's growing portfolio of services and features
- Develop intelligent detection and auto-scaling countermeasures for DDoS threats
- Debug and resolve production issues across services and multiple layers of the stack, reducing mean time to resolution for critical incidents
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
- 4+ years of experience building infrastructure components and services at scale in a cloud environment
- Experience with programming languages like TypeScript or Go
- Experience building and scaling distributed and traffic systems as an individual contributor and/or Team Lead
- Proven track record of building, scaling, and shipping high-quality products in high growth environments
- Experience communicating cross-functionally and working with teams handling network and traffic systems at scale for millions of customers
Nice to have:
- Deep knowledge of DDoS attack mechanisms and mitigation solutions on AWS or Cloud environments
- Significant background securing network infrastructure
- Traffic analytics using VPC Flow Logs, Lambda, and other data sources
- Experience with TCP, HTTP, DNS, and SSL protocols
- Experience with network proxies like Envoy and Haproxy
Skills
TypeScript, Go, AWS, Distributed Systems, Service Mesh, Ddos Mitigation, Tcp, Http, DNS, Ssl, Envoy, Haproxy, Vpc Flow Logs, AWS Lambda
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