Lead, grow and support a diverse team of full stack engineers responsible for Community and Resource hub
Partner with product and engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams
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
Work closely with Product, Research, Design, Data and other engineering teams to define and build best-in-class product experiences and growth strategies
Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization
Shape the product and platform roadmap to ensure Community continues to thrive as both a beloved destination for creators and a growth engine for Figma
Grow your career in an engaged and creative engineering community
Requirements
3+ years of experience managing and leading high output engineering teams
Hands-on technical experience: you have built complex products and systems as an individual contributor, and can represent the technical details of work shipped by the team you’ve managed
Demonstrated leadership skills in building a high-performing and highly engaged engineering team. Proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers
Prior experience in building and growing product businesses
Exposure to driving platform level strategy and new product incubation (nice to have)
Experience working in growth teams with hypothesis and experiment driven product development (nice to have)
Product Analytic Expertise, facilitating user research and data to help create new opportunities or investment areas for your team (nice to have)
Candidates must keep their cameras on during video interviews
Benefits
Figma offers equity to employees
health, dental & vision
retirement with company contribution
parental leave & reproductive or family planning support
mental health & wellness benefits
generous PTO
company recharge days
a learning & development stipend
a work from home stipend
cell phone reimbursement
sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles
ATS Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
full stack engineeringproduct developmenttechnical leadershipproduct analyticsuser researchdata analysisplatform strategyproduct incubationhypothesis-driven developmentexperiment-driven development
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringteam buildingmotivationaccountabilitycommunicationcollaborationtrust buildingpositive work environmentengagement