Figma
Forward Deployed Engineer
$153K–$376K
San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States +2 · Full-time · Posted Aug 25, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
Canada
US - Experience
- 5+ years shipping production software end-to-end, with meaningful time embedded with customers or partner teams.
About the job
Embeds with enterprise customers to integrate Figma products into their technical environments, solve adoption challenges, and turn field learnings into reusable product improvements.
What you'll do
- Configure and build customer-specific design-system and AI workflows, integrations, and product code.
- Discover and debug technical constraints across customer environments, toolchains, and workflows.
- Convert solutions and customer feedback into reusable playbooks and product improvements.
What they ask for
- 5+ years shipping production software end-to-end, including meaningful time embedded with customers or partner teams.
- Strong customer-facing communication and technical partnership skills.
- Hands-on experience with design systems and design-to-code workflows.
- Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript or Python; experience integrating APIs and SDKs, troubleshooting toolchains and CI environments, and navigating enterprise requirements.
Nice to have
- Background in forward-deployed engineering, solutions engineering, professional services, developer experience, or similar customer-facing technical work.
- Familiarity with developer tools, design-to-code workflows, or AI/LLM products, such as Code Connect, Storybook, or Style Dictionary.
Pay
$153,000 — $376,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, MCP, Code Connect, Storybook, Style Dictionary
AI focus
Make enterprise design systems agent-ready for AI-generated code; build LLM-powered workflows using MCP, agent skills, and prompt engineering; run evaluations.
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