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FigmaFigmaSan Francisco, CA

Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Leads build systems and CI infrastructure for Figma's polyglot monorepo, driving technical roadmap, optimizing developer tools, and scaling platforms on AWS. Requires 8+ years experience with build systems like Bazel and large-scale monorepos.

228k – 350k
Remote8+ YOEDeveloper Relations

About the role

What you'll do at Figma:

  • Drive technical roadmap and strategy for the Build Systems team
  • Partner with cross-functional teams and leadership to identify developer pain points and design elegant, scalable solutions
  • Lead complex, multi-quarter initiatives reducing build/test times and improving CI reliability, all while balancing technical excellence with pragmatic delivery
  • Design, build, and maintain modern developer tools including scalable build systems, distributed CI platforms, and test frameworks that serve thousands of engineers
  • Architect and implement large-scale infrastructure on AWS that powers our entire build pipeline to ensure reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency
  • Mentor and uplevel the team through technical guidance, code reviews, and architectural leadership, leading by example and actively investing in your teammates' growth
  • Collaborate with product engineers (your customers), infrastructure teams, and executive stakeholders, and communicate technical decisions clearly to audiences ranging from individual contributors to senior leadership
  • Keep up to date with industry trends and best practices in build systems, CI, and developer tooling, and incorporate applicable technologies into our roadmap

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

  • 8+ years of engineering experience, including 4+ years on Infrastructure, Platform, or Developer Experience teams
  • Deep expertise in build systems (Bazel, Buck, Pants, Gradle) and operating large-scale monorepos
  • Experience optimizing CI/CD, building developer tooling at scale, and designing reliable, high-performance distributed systems
  • Hands-on experience with AWS, CI platforms (Buildkite), Infrastructure as Code, and strong coding skills in languages such as Go, TypeScript, Python, or Ruby
  • Proven technical leadership, with a track record of setting technical direction, driving cross-team initiatives, and communicating effectively across a wide range of stakeholders

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

  • Experience migrating large codebases to modern build systems (especially Bazel)
  • Experience building test frameworks and improving test infrastructure

Skills

BazelBuckPantsGradleAWSBuildkiteGoTypeScriptPythonRuby

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