Description
Figma is seeking a seasoned engineering leader to support and grow the Search & Recommendations team, defining and executing technical strategy, and collaborating with teams across engineering to build cutting-edge AI features.
The Search & Recommendations team builds search platforms and infrastructure used across Figma, providing Figma AI agents with relevant context and maintaining features critical to designers' workflows, including visual, asset, and file search.
Responsibilities:
- Support a team of engineers with varying skillsets, including hiring and career development.
- Partner with product engineering, infrastructure, data science, and product management teams to deliver cutting-edge Figma AI features.
- Own the team's technical strategy, roadmap, and goals.
- Get involved with technical details to improve execution efficiency.
- Grow your career within an engaged and creative engineering community.
- Build an inclusive, diverse team and culture through hiring, community events, and programs.
Requirements:
- 4+ years of engineering management experience leading high-performing teams, ideally in AI.
- 8+ years of total engineering experience, ideally reaching a staff engineering level.
- Prior experience building search, recommendation, or AI systems.
- Proven track record of motivating and guiding experienced AI engineering leads.
Nice to have:
- Expertise in building and maintaining systems on top of OpenSearch or ElasticSearch.
- Experience working with LLMs at production scale.
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.
Annual Base Salary Range: $258,000-$376,000 USD