Software Engineer - AI Platforms

Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States · Engineering · listed November 1, 2025

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The shape of it

Seniority
Mid level
Experience asked
3–5 years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$153,000 – $376,000 USD
Requirements listed
5
Length
1,014 words

In the posting’s own words

AI Platform teams build the core frameworks, abstractions, and systems that support AI features across Figma. We create new capabilities that AI product teams can build on, while collaborating with teams from around the company to improve our performance, reliability, and technical quality. We’re looking for strong infrastructure and platform-minded engineers to contribute to our agent infrastructure, context retrieval & ranking platform, and core AI services, in order to accelerate our most critical company-wide AI initiatives.

What it asks for · 5

  • 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, especially in backend or infrastructure engineering.
  • 3+ years of experience in one or more of: 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.

Also a plus

  • Prior experience in building AI infrastructure at scale, whether that be model training or serving platforms.
  • Experience evolving large-scale, shared developer platforms to improve reliability and developer velocity.
  • A proven track record of leading technical strategy and complex, multi-team projects.

What the job covers

  • Support end-to-end AI feature development by designing, building, and maintaining systems that are scalable, reliable, and performant.
  • Collaborate with product, research, and infrastructure engineers working across AI.
  • Help shape our platform strategy, roadmaps, and engineering best practices throughout the organization.
  • 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.

Tools and skills named

Product & design
  • Figma12×
Languages
  • Go
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • TypeScript
Models & research
  • Evaluations
Ways of working
  • Mentorship

Words the posting leans on

  • platform10×
  • agent7×
  • design7×
  • infrastructure7×
  • experience6×
  • building4×
  • engineers4×
  • systems4×
  • engineering3×
  • excited3×
  • feature3×
  • improve3×
  • product3×
  • quality3×
  • search3×
  • skills3×

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