Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure

Figma is growing its team of creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all.

The mission of the Engineering TPM team is to drive Figma's most important cross-company engineering efforts, and we are looking for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to partner with our Infrastructure team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the execution, coordination, and risk management of Figma's infrastructure projects, ensuring seamless integration with minimal performance impact
• Drive key infrastructure initiatives, including reliability, storage, distributed systems, cloud-native performance improvements, and compliance programs
• Partner closely with engineering, security, compliance, and legal teams to ensure alignment and on-time delivery
• Track program milestones and ensure seamless delivery across multiple infrastructure teams
• Provide regular updates to executive leadership, external partners, and internal teams on the status of infrastructure programs
• Develop and drive best practices in infrastructure program management, improving visibility into progress, risks, and technical dependencies
• Facilitate large-scale testing and rollout strategies for critical infrastructure changes to minimize downtime and ensure high system reliability
• Translate technical constraints and risks into executive-level communications for senior leadership and external stakeholders

Requirements:

• 8+ years in Infrastructure TPM or related roles, with hands-on experience in cloud-native architectures and distributed systems
• Deep technical expertise across infrastructure components, including storage, caching, search, and event-driven systems
• Track record driving large-scale infrastructure programs, such as migrations, cost optimization, and reliability initiatives
• Strong cross-functional program management skills, including coordinating multi-team engineering orgs and establishing PM best practices
• Proven stakeholder management, with experience engaging external partners and translating complex technical challenges into clear executive-level communications

Nice to Have:

• A track record of setting up and scaling TPM functions or program management practices within an engineering organization
• Experience working on high-visibility enterprise security and compliance programs
• Infrastructure incident management and analysis experience
• Experience working with external enterprise partners on technical programs
• Background in software engineering or site reliability engineering

Benefits:

• Competitive salary ($185,000-$317,000 USD)
• Equity to employees
• Health, dental & vision benefits
• Retirement with company contribution
• Parental leave & reproductive or family planning support
• Mental health & wellness benefits
• Generous PTO
• Company recharge days
• Learning & development stipend
• Work from home stipend
• Cell phone reimbursement