# Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure

**Company:** [Figma](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/figma)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Salary:** $153k – $376k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Spark, Flink, Kafka, Airflow, Dagster, Snowflake, Go, Python, SQL, dbt
**Posted:** 2026-04-07

> Builds and scales distributed data infrastructure powering analytics, AI/ML, and BI at Figma. Requires 5+ years backend experience with batch/streaming tech like Spark, Kafka, and expertise in Snowflake, Golang/Python.

## Job Description

## What you'll do at Figma

- Design and build large-scale distributed data systems that power analytics, AI/ML, and business intelligence across Figma.
- Develop batch and streaming solutions to ensure data is reliable, efficient, and scalable across the company.
- Manage and evolve core platforms like Snowflake, our ML Datalake, orchestration infrastructure, and real-time ingestion systems.
- Improve data reliability, consistency, and compliance, ensuring high-quality data for engineering, research, and business stakeholders.
- Identify and drive cost optimization opportunities across data processing, compute infrastructure, and storage.
- Collaborate with AI researchers, data scientists, product engineers, and business teams to understand data needs and build scalable solutions.
- Drive technical decisions and best practices for data ingestion, orchestration, processing, and storage.
- Mentor and support engineers, fostering a culture of learning and technical excellence.

## We’d love to hear from you if you have

- 5+ years of backend or infrastructure engineering experience, including designing and building distributed data infrastructure at scale.
- Strong expertise in batch and streaming data processing technologies such as **Spark**, **Flink**, **Kafka**, or **Airflow/Dagster**.
- Proven track record of impact-driven problem-solving in fast-paced environments, with a strong focus on high-quality, reliable, and performant systems.
- Excellent technical communication skills, with experience collaborating across both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of learning and technical excellence.

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

- Familiarity with our stack, including **Golang**, **Python**, **SQL**, frameworks such as **dbt**, and technologies like **Spark**, **Kafka**, **Snowflake**, and **Dagster**.
- Experience building data infrastructure for AI/ML pipelines, including model serving, feature stores, or dataset compliance.
- Experience with reverse ETL, personalization platforms, or real-time event ingestion systems.
- Experience with data governance, access control, and cost optimization strategies for large-scale data platforms.
- The ability to navigate ambiguity, take ownership, and drive projects from inception to execution.

## Compensation

**Annual Base Salary Range: $153,000—$376,000 USD**

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.

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