Manager, Software Engineering DevEx AI Tools
Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figmas platform helps teams bring ideas to lifewhether youre brainstorming creating a prototype translating designs into code or iterating with AI. From idea to product Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows move faster and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If youre excited to shape the future of design and collaboration join us!
Figmas AI Tools team builds the AI-powered workflows platforms and tooling that make every engineer at the company more productive. From agentic CI auto-fixing and AI-assisted code review to background cloud agents that turn a Slack message into a pull request this team owns the systems that are transforming how Figma builds software. The team operates across a three-layer platform stacksandbox runtime cloud agents and workflow orchestrationwhile shipping and maintaining a growing portfolio of org-wide developer workflows that compound across hundreds of engineers.
This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.
What youll do at Figma:
- Lead and grow a team of engineers responsible for building and operating Figmas AI developer workflows and the cloud agent platform that powers them
- Own the technical strategy and roadmap for AI Developer Experience spanning sandbox runtime infrastructure cloud agent reliability workflow orchestration and org-wide agentic workflows
- Hire and scale the team - establishing team culture execution cadence and operational processes from the ground up
- Drive the reliability observability and scalability of our cloud agent platform ensuring it meets production-grade standards as adoption grows across the engineering organization
- Partner with product engineering security infrastructure and DevEx teams to identify the highest-leverage opportunities for AI-assisted developer workflows and drive adoption
- Evaluate and integrate emerging AI tools models and agent frameworks making strategic bets on which capabilities to build versus buy
- Establish evaluation frameworks to measure the quality cost and impact of AI-generated code and agentic workflows across the organization
- Coach and mentor engineers through career development performance feedback and technical leadership fostering a culture of ownership speed and high-quality execution
Wed love to hear from you if you have:
- 3 years of experience managing infrastructure platform or developer experience engineering teams with a track record of scaling teams and delivering high-performing systems
- Strong software engineering background with Staff-level or above technical depth before moving into management with deepunderstanding of distributed systems platform architecture and the operational challenges of running production infrastructure at scale
- Demonstrated fluency with AI/ML systems LLM-based workflows or agent architectures - as a builder not just a consumer - with the ability to reason about tradeoffs in nondeterministic systems
- Experience hiring onboarding and growing engineering teams in fast-paced high-growth environments
- Ability to set technical direction drive cross-functional alignment and make sound architectural decisions while balancing speed of execution with long-term sustainability
While not required its an added plus if you also have:
- Direct experience building AI developer tooling agent platforms or AI-assisted engineering workflows
- Familiarity with agent frameworks such as Cursor Claude Code or similar background agent systems including MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations
- Experience with workflow orchestration platforms such as Temporal n8n or Tines for multi-stage automation
- Background in developer experience platforms including CI/CD systems build tools (Bazel/Blaze) or large polyglot monorepo environments
- Experience building evaluation and quality frameworks for AI-generated outputs
Pay Transparency Disclosure
If based in Figmas 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. The listed range is a guideline and the range for this role may be modified. 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. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.
Figma offers equity to employees as well a competitive package of additional benefits including 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 and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Figmas compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Annual Base Salary Range:
$258000 - $376000 USD
At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts experiences and opinions allows our employees our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal 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 characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements.
We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role participate in the interview process perform essential job functions and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation please reach out to . These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.
Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:
- Holding interviews in an accessible location
- Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
- Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
- Changing the mode or format of interviews
To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.
By applying for this job the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Figmas Candidate Privacy Notice.
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Manager
About Company
Figma is the leading collaborative design tool for building meaningful products. Seamlessly design, prototype, develop, and collect feedback in a single platform.
