Figma
Manager, Software Engineering - UX Platform
$258K–$376K
San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States +2 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
Canada
US - Experience
- 2+ years of engineering management experience and 6+ years of frontend or fullstack engineering experience.
About the job
Manage the UX Platform engineering team building features and UI patterns that connect Figma’s products and improve workflows in the design editor.
What you'll do
- Lead and support experienced engineers building features across Figma’s multi-product ecosystem.
- Champion an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture through mentorship and team development.
- Partner with product, design, data-science, and engineering leaders to set team strategy, priorities, and roadmaps.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of engineering management experience leading a high-output engineering team.
- 6+ years of frontend or fullstack engineering experience.
- Demonstrated ability to build, motivate, mentor, and guide a high-performing engineering team, including senior engineers.
- Experience developing product roadmaps with product, design, and data-science partners; proven ability to balance technical quality with feature development.
Nice to have
- Experience in complex, ambiguous product spaces or shipping cross-product features and tools at high velocity.
- Strong collaboration across engineering teams and organizations.
Pay
$258,000 — $376,000 USD (annual base salary)
AI focus
The team has recently focused on improving Agent-driven workflows in the design editor.
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