Product Manager, Developer Platform
San Francisco, CA - USA
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!
At Figma were building tools that help teams design build and ship better products together. Figma Make enables teams to go from prompt to production code and the Figma agent is a purpose-built design agent that edits files directly on the Figma canvas.
Were looking for deeply technical Product Managers to own the developer platform: Figmas MCP Server REST API and key first-party integrations like Figma for Slack and Figma for ChatGPT/for Claude. These roles sit at the intersection of product and infrastructure. If youre excited about developer tooling systems thinking and building the foundations that other product teams ship on top of this role is for you.
This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.
Youll define and drive the strategy for one or more parts of our developer platform: the big bets build-vs-buy calls and how to sequence it all. Those areas:
- Designcode platform: how we translate between designs in Figmas SceneGraph to code in customers Makes and production codebases
- External platform: how external AI agents (Claude ChatGPT Cursor etc.) access Figma context using our MCP Server & REST APIs how and when Figmas AI products appear in other surfaces (Slack Microsoft Teams etc.)
As you drive platform strategy youll:
- Influence product roadmaps where platform capabilities create new product opportunities.
- Partner with EM and tech leads to make key architecture and UX decisions.
- Talk frequently with product teams customers and our partners & vendors and distill learnings from those conversations into platform commitments.
- Raise the bar for technical PMs at Figma: pattern-match across the four areas surface cross-cutting problems and pull peers and EMs into the calls that need them.
- 6 years of product management experience working on highly technical products
- Proven experience shipping developer tools infrastructure products or AI-powered technical systems
- Shipped measurable quality improvements to a product: you can point to the metrics that moved and how you moved them
- Hands-on technical fluency: youve built and shipped things yourself at work in side projects or in open source and you can read a PR you can participate actively in architecture conversations
- Strong systems thinking: you understand how complex components interact and can improve the whole not just the parts
- Technical communication: You distill highly technical concepts into clear decisions and direction
- A track record of driving strategy and execution across ambiguous fast-moving product areas
Pay Transparency Disclosure
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.
Figma offers equity to employees as well as a competitive package of additional benefits including health dental and vision coverage; retirement benefits with company contributions; parental leave and reproductive or family planning support; mental health and wellness benefits; and paid time off. Figma provides paid sick leave holidays and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal state and local laws including the requirements of the Washington Minimum Wage Act and related regulations. Exempt employees are eligible for employerprovided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave. PTO is subject to manager approval. Additional benefits may include company recharge days cell phone and home internet reimbursements and a number of lifestyle spending accounts. Figma also offers sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. All compensation and benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and may be modified by Figma at any time consistent with applicable law.
Annual Base Salary Range:
$169000 - $303000 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.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Figma is the leading collaborative design tool for building meaningful products. Seamlessly design, prototype, develop, and collect feedback in a single platform.