Data Platform Engineer

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

We are looking for a Data Platform Engineer to join our Data Engineering team and help build the foundational systems that power Figma’s next generation of AI-driven products and data experiences.

What it asks for · 5

• 5+ years of experience building and operating production data platforms, developer infrastructure, or distributed systems
• Strong software engineering skills (Python or similar), with experience designing reliable and scalable systems
• Experience improving developer workflows such as local development, testing, CI/CD, orchestration, or deployment
• Experience with modern data infrastructure, such as cloud data warehouses, transformation frameworks, workflow orchestrators, infrastructure as code, and observability tools
• A track record of owning shared systems end to end, leading ambiguous cross-functional projects, and communicating effectively with Data Science, Infrastructure, and Product Engineering partners

Also a plus

• Experience supporting ML or research data workflows

What the job covers

• Build and evolve the shared data platform that powers analytics, Data Science, and data-driven product development at Figma
• Make data development faster and easier by improving local development, testing, CI/CD, staging, and deployment workflows
• Create self-service tools and clear paths for teams to build, deploy, and operate reliable data pipelines
• Improve the reliability of critical data systems through better monitoring, data quality, incident response, upgrades, and performance management
• Make trusted data easier to find and use by establishing clear definitions, ownership, lineage, and reliability expectations
• Partner across Data Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Science, Research, Modeling Platform, Security, and Product Engineering to define ownership boundaries and supported patterns for batch, micro-batch, reverse ETL, and product-facing delivery

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• data22×
• experience8×
• systems7×
• infrastructure6×
• platform6×
• product6×
• engineering5×
• workflows5×
• data science4×
• development4×
• build3×
• data infrastructure3×
• data platform3×
• design3×
• excited3×
• analytics2×

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