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# Manager, Software Engineering (Machine Learning)

- **Company:** Figma, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $233,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Computing Platforms, Machine Learning, Language Modeling, Recommender Systems, Software Engineering, Large Language Models, Figma, Natural Language Understanding, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25304_87df886797f4470cc9a0c322ace0db35

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience in machine learning, recommendation systems, natural language understanding/generation, or artificial intelligence.
 * 2+ years of experience managing high-performing engineering and/or applied research teams.
 * Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions.
 * Experience mentoring and influencing senior engineers across organizations.
 * Deep domain knowledge and understanding of machine learning research, frameworks, data pipelines, and platform architecture.

Preferred Experience

 * Proven track record of planning a multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long-term vision.
 * Experience building and productionizing ML models within highly used products and services.
 * Strong understanding of language models (LLMs) and related technologies.

## Description

* Manage a team of ML Engineers driving fundamental and applied research in ML/AI, exploring the boundaries of what is possible with current technology.
 * Hire and develop a world-class team of engineers.
 * Combine industry best practices and a first-principles approach to design and build ML models and infrastructure.
 * Work in concert with other product and infrastructure engineers to improve Figma's design and collaboration products.