Software Engineer - AI Platforms
$153k - $376k • Remote • San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
Posted 2mo ago
Job Location
San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
Tech Stack
Remote Work Policy
Fully remote
Categories
AI Infrastructure Engineer
About the job
Figma is seeking infrastructure and platform-minded engineers to join our AI Platform team. This team builds the core frameworks, abstractions, and systems that power AI features across Figma, enabling new capabilities for AI product teams and improving performance, reliability, and technical quality. You will contribute to agent infrastructure, context retrieval & ranking platforms, and core AI services to accelerate critical company-wide AI initiatives. This role involves supporting end-to-end AI feature development by designing, building, and maintaining scalable, reliable, and performant systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and shaping platform strategy and best practices.
Responsibilities
- Support end-to-end AI feature development by designing, building, and maintaining scalable, reliable, and performant systems.
- Collaborate with product, research, and infrastructure engineers working across AI.
- Help shape platform strategy, roadmaps, and engineering best practices.
- Debug and resolve complex production issues that span services and layers of the stack.
- Mentor engineers and foster a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and technical excellence.
Requirements
- 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, especially in backend or infrastructure engineering.
- 3+ years of experience in AI, search infrastructure, or developer platforms.
- Proficiency in TypeScript, Python, or Ruby.
- Strong system design skills and a track record of architecting resilient production systems.
- Excellent communication skills, with experience collaborating across teams and mentoring others.
Benefits
- Equity
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits with company contributions
- Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Paid time off
- Paid sick leave
- Holidays
- Company recharge days
- Cell phone and home internet reimbursements
- Lifestyle spending accounts
- Annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles