Remote Manager, Software Engineering

Summary

Join Figma as an Engineering Manager to shape and build the next generation of Database services, accelerating Figma’s continued growth and meeting data storage needs for expanding design products.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience managing and leading a high output platform or product teams in a complex technical domain, such as on distributed data systems or database internals
• 5+ years experience building and scaling distributed or storage systems as a technical hands on leader and/or as an individual contributor within a public cloud environment, such as AWS or GCP
• Experience with database systems, storage systems, distributed systems, language design, query optimization and performance
• Hands on experience with core data storage and streaming systems and technologies, such as Postgres, MySql, Memcache, Redis, Kafka, Kinesis etc
• Demonstrated leadership skills in building a high-performing and highly engaged engineering team. Proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers
• Demonstrated experience with understanding the needs of our internal client teams and aligning roadmap to drive maximum business impact

Responsibilities

• Manage, support and grow a team of engineers who design and build scalable services to power Figma’s infrastructure
• Build and execute on a long-term roadmap to evolve and scale our Database platform and capabilities
• Partner with engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects
• Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization
• Grow your career in an engaged and creative engineering community

Preferred Qualifications

• A history of solving difficult engineering problems with novel, custom solutions
• Experience building horizontally or vertically sharded distributed database using public cloud technologies like AWS RDS, Aurora or similar offerings
• Experience managing managers

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement benefits
• Paid time off
• Remote work, flexible hours
• Life and disability insurance
• Bonuses and incentives
• Professional development opportunities
• Wellness programs
• Family and parental leave