Description
We're looking for a Developer Advocate to join our JAPAC Advocacy team, based in Tokyo. This advocate will support content creation, and community building through field events & livestreams, go-to-market motions, product initiatives, and 1:1 customer engagements with our sales team.
Advocates at Figma are practitioners first - people who understand the complexity of modern product development firsthand and can advocate for user needs internally. This is a hands-on role that blends technical depth, communication, and strong product intuition.
You'll write production-quality code, build demos and tools, and directly support developers and technical teams. You'll also operate as a connective layer across functions - helping translate between customer needs, product decisions, and go-to-market execution.
This is a full time role in our Tokyo office, within a hybrid environment.
What you’ll do at Figma:
Partner deeply with Sales and GTM: Join customer engagements, unblock technical teams, and support high-impact deals involving Dev Mode, design systems, and the Figma API
Own regional technical presence: Play a leading role across JAPAC field events, activations, and key moments, representing Figma to developer audiences
Build real things: Create production-quality demos, prototypes, and tools that reflect how modern teams actually build, not just toy examples
Create scalable technical content: Author guides, code samples, and technical narratives that help developers adopt Figma in real workflows
Influence product direction: Bring structured, high-signal feedback from customers and the community into Product. Help shape features before and after launch
Bridge design and development: Help teams operationalize workflows across design systems, tokens, and developer tooling
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
5+ years technical front-end knowledge (should be committing code to a production level environment, not self taught alone)
English fluency (+ ideally one other language)
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience in creating technical content/delivering talks
Experience in product development workflows especially collaborating with design teams
Background in growth SaaS business
While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:
Design experience
Knowledgeable about design team + design systems workflows
Experience developing (Figma) plugins
At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.