# Manager, Software Engineering - AI Product

**Company:** [Figma](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/figma)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** AI, React, C++, Ruby, Open Source, Generative AI, RAG, Fine-Tuning, Mcp, Code Connect
**Posted:** 2026-07-22

> Leads product engineering teams building Figma’s AI-powered developer offerings, including Dev Mode, MCP, and Code Connect. The role requires engineering management experience, strong technical leadership, and a track record of delivering user-facing AI products.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Manage and support a team of product engineers building and expanding Figma’s developer offerings, including Dev Mode, MCP, and Code Connect.
- Partner with product, design, engineering, and other cross-functional stakeholders to coordinate work.
- Define the team strategy and roadmap, and execute with autonomy, velocity, and craftsmanship.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership to ensure cohesive product experiences and appropriate technical abstractions.
- Recruit, mentor, and retain high-performing engineers and support other cross-functional hiring.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and calculated risk-taking.
- Help build and drive inclusion and diversity initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs.

## Requirements
- 2+ years managing software engineers working on products used by external users.
- Track record of building AI-powered products with excellent user experience, as both a manager and individual contributor.
- Ability to connect product and engineering work to clear business impact.
- Leadership experience building highly performing and engaged engineering teams, including mentoring and developing senior engineers.
- Ability to build and operate fast-moving teams that balance innovation with execution.
- Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging AI technologies and their use in user-facing products.

## Nice to Have
- Experience building large-scale systems using React, C++, and/or Ruby.
- Experience building and maintaining open-source software or developer libraries.
- Knowledge of generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning, and applications to creative products.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Full-time role based at the London hub or remotely within the UK.
- In-person onboarding is required if hired.

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