Product Designer, Core Experience

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 technically-minded product designers who are excited to shape how teams build together. At Figma design isnt just how something looksits how it works how it feels and how it scales. Our designers are systems thinkers prototypers storytellers and craftspeople who care deeply about quality and this role youll turn ambiguity into clarity push the product forward with engineers PMs and researchers and help us invent new ways for people to design and build products together.

The Core Experience team shapes how people create in Figmafrom foundational tools like Auto Layout and Text to the interactions that make working on the canvas feel intuitive and precise. Were looking for an experienced Product Designer to lead major efforts across the core editor and help define how it evolves as AI and code change the way people build products. Youll bring a strong point of view deep interaction design craft and curiosity about complex systems. Working closely with engineering product research and designers across Figma youll set direction and stay hands-on turning ambitious ideas into experiences people use every day.

With an eye for simplicity and craft curiosity for complex systems and an appetite for technical challenges you can help define the future of how software is made.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

• Lead the design of core editor experiences including foundational concepts like Auto Layout Text and canvas interactions from identifying opportunities through prototyping shipping and iteration
• Help us define and champion a clear vision for how the editor should evolve translating that vision into concrete proposals design principles and priorities with product and engineering partners
• Explore how direct manipulation AI and code can work together prototyping ways for people to move between generating editing and refining their work while retaining creative control
• Ground decisions in user research product data and close observation of how people create using that evidence to test assumptions and refine your point of view
• Contribute to our design orgs culture by participating in design critiques mentoring peers and sharing best practices across teams

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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