# Manager, Software Engineering - Payload

**Company**: Figma
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $258,000-$376,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Payload team at Figma is building the future of content infrastructure. As Engineering Manager, you'll lead the engineering team responsible for Payload's evolution as both a thriving open-source platform and a foundational part of Figma's future.

You'll work alongside Payload's founders and core contributors to scale the team, grow the community, and guide technical investments that strengthen Payload's position as a leading content platform.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Leading the engineering team behind Payload

- Developing and executing on a strategy to leverage Payload to accelerate Figma's suite of offerings

- Engaging directly with open-source community members, contributors, and enterprise customers to understand their needs and gather feedback

- Providing hands-on technical leadership to your teams and others that collaborate with your teams

- Leading, coaching, and growing a team of engineers through hiring, mentorship, performance management, and career development

We're looking for someone with:

- 3+ years of experience leading and developing software engineering teams within a technical product company

- Strong technical background building modern web applications and platforms using technologies such as Node.js, TypeScript, React, Next.js, or similar frameworks

- Experience building or leading teams responsible for developer platforms, application frameworks, or other highly extensible software systems

Nice to have:

- Hands-on knowledge of CMS systems, particularly Payload and its ecosystem

- A track record of contributing to, maintaining, or leading teams behind open-source projects

- A background in supporting enterprise customers and balancing the needs of large organizations with broader community priorities

Figma offers a competitive package of 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.

The annual base salary range for this role is $258,000-$376,000 USD.

## Skills

### Required
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- software engineering

### Nice to have
- Payload
- open-source projects
- CMS systems
- AI-assisted development workflows

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