Figma
Manager, Software Engineering - Payload
San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$258k-$376kDetected 5 days ago
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About the role
- This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.
- If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.
Responsibilities
- Lead the engineering team behind all of Payload
- Develop and execute on a strategy to leverage Payload to accelerate Figma's suite of offerings
- Provide hands-on technical leadership to your teams and others that collaborate with your teams to ensure a cohesive product experience and the right technical abstractions
- Lead, coach, and grow a team of engineers through hiring, mentorship, performance management, and career development, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and technical excellence
- Partner closely with the product and technical leaders of Payload to align team priorities, support roadmap execution, and ensure engineering investments are focused on the highest-impact opportunities
- At Figma we celebrate and support our differences.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience leading and developing software engineering teams within a technical product company
- Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.
Nice to have
- Hands-on knowledge of CMS systems, particularly Payload and its ecosystem
- A track record of contributing to, maintaining, or leading teams behind open-source projects, with a strong grasp of community-driven product development
- Comfort working with AI-assisted development workflows, agentic coding tools, or developer productivity platforms
Skills
- From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world.
Compensation
- $258,000 - $376,000 USD
- If based in Figma's San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.
- Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location.
- For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range.
- Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles.
- Figma's compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Benefits
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Company info
- Engage directly with open-source community members, contributors, and enterprise customers to understand their needs, gather feedback, and help translate insights into product and engineering priorities
- A background in supporting enterprise customers and balancing the needs of large organizations with broader community priorities
Equal opportunity
- If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com.
- equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.
Visa & Work Authorization
- employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other cha
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