Software Engineer - Machine Learning (London, United Kingdom)

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

At Figma we believe design doesn’t end in a file or with your designer - it includes everything that goes into the product you ship: the production code that ties it all together, the systems and developer tools that make that code reliable, the context you provide to our AI agents, and the documentation that keeps everyone on the same page.

What it asks for · 5

• 3+ years of leading large scale engineering projects with high impact
• Working with user facing LLM and agentic product features
• Experience curating and developing eval sets and LLMs as judges
• Attention to detail, quality, and craftsmanship
• High velocity and a focus on user impact

Also a plus

• Driving XFN projects collaborating with Product, Design, Data and Research
• Shipping user-facing features or products as a full-stack developer
• Demonstrated strong fluency with React and Typescript
• Experience communicating and working across functions to proactively drive solutions
• Trained or fine-tuned LLMs

What the job covers

• Build and evolve Dev Mode our MCP tools and Make, Figma’s leading tools for dev/design collaboration
• Take part in building new 0→1 products within the agentic coding space
• Collaborate with designers, PMs, and other engineers craft high quality products
• Be a mentor to, and be mentored by, exceptional peers across engineering, product and design
• Build strong personal connections with your teammates and help shape Figma’s culture

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• design11×
• product10×
• code7×
• ideas4×
• production4×
• agentic3×
• developer3×
• engineers3×
• excited3×
• experience3×
• features3×
• future3×
• llms3×
• tools3×
• accelerating2×
• believe2×

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