# Software Engineer, Developer Experience

**Company:** [Figma](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/figma)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Developer Relations
**Salary:** $228k – $350k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Bazel, Buck, Pants, Gradle, AWS, Buildkite, Go, TypeScript, Python, Ruby
**Posted:** 2026-02-04

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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

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