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# Manager, Software Engineering - Data Platform

- **Company:** Figma, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $258,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Data Infrastructure, Screen Reader, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Figma
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.workingnomads.com/job/go/1785679/

## About the Role

* 3+ years managing engineers, including senior ICs or tech leads, with a track record of building and scaling high-performing teams
 * Demonstrated experience building and scaling data platform or data infrastructure systems in a production, online environment
 * A strong software engineering background with senior or staff-level technical depth before moving into management, and enough current depth to set direct technical direction
 * Strong partnership mentality and the ability to manage multiple cross-functional stakeholder groups such as Data Science, Product, Finance, and Engineering
 * Ability to set technical direction, drive alignment, and prioritize clearly under ambiguity, paired with strong written communication, * Expertise in large-scale data processing systems, including batch, streaming, or applied AI and ML workloads
 * Familiarity with experimentation or feature flagging platforms
 * A track record of evaluating and managing vendor relationships
 * A demonstrated ability to develop tech leads and scale hiring at pace, 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.

## Description

* Lead and grow a team of engineers building and operating Figma's data platform, owning delivery, technical direction, and team health
 * Set the roadmap and technical strategy for your sub area, and provide hands on technical leadership where the team needs it
 * Drive the reliability, scalability, and forward strategy of the platform as adoption grows across the engineering and product organization
 * Hire, grow, and coach engineers and tech leads, raising the bar and building a healthy, inclusive, high-performing team
 * Partner with Data Science, Product, Finance, and Engineering to identify the highest-leverage priorities and drive alignment
 * Make sound build versus buy decisions, including evaluating and managing platform vendors where it makes sense
 * Keep delivery predictable while balancing near-term execution with long-term platform investment, * 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.


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