Open Source Developer

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!

Were looking for anOpen Source Developer to help shape the future of extensible collaborative tooling across product teams and represent Figma in the open source this role youll build and scale open-source-powered frameworks developer tools and user-facing features that enable teamsincluding large enterprises and CMS-driven organizationsto create manage and publish digital experiences more efficiently.

Youll work across modern web technologies designing scalable front-end systems contributing to open source ecosystems and helping define how external developers and partners extend and integrate with Figma. If youre excited about building impactful products in the open and engaging with developer communities wed love to hear from you.

This is a full-time role that can be held from our New York City or San Francisco hub - or remotely in the United States.

What youll do at Figma:

• Design build and ship high-quality features and frameworks using TypeScript/JavaScript and React delivering performant polished user experiences
• Lead 01 open source initiatives from technical design and implementation through launch documentation and community adoption including ongoing maintenance and community engagement
• Architect scalable front-end systems that support complex data models real-time collaboration and CMS-driven or enterprise workflows
• Partner cross-functionally with Product Design Research Marketing and Developer Relations to shape roadmap priorities and drive ecosystem growth
• Mentor teammates and elevate engineering craft through code reviews design critiques and knowledge sharing

Wed love to hear from you if you have:

• Demonstrated 2 years of experience building and shipping production web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript HTML CSS and React
• Proficient in modern web tooling and software distribution (e.g. Turbopack and bundlers CI/CD GitHub Actions)
• Experienced in contributing to maintaining or actively participating in open source communities
• Skilled at leading development of applications with complex data models and highly interactive user interfaces
• Familiar with enterprise requirements such as scalability security governance content management workflows and design systems

While not required its an added plus if you also have:

• Experience building with Payload writing plugins or contributing to Payload
• Proven ability to design build and maintain extensible software (e.g. SDKs plugins APIs or CMS integrations)
• Knowledge of AI technologies or end developer tooling (AI SDK RAG Prompt Engineering)
• Experience launching 01 products or developer-facing platforms
• Demonstrated experience extending rich text editors like Lexical to build powerful UX flows

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.

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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.

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