Software Engineer, Mobile Platform

Summary

Join Figma's Mobile Platform team and help shape the future of mobile foundational systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build new features and achieve roadmap goals. Drive guidance, quality, and standards for mobile development at Figma. Mentor peers and benefit from mentorship opportunities. Contribute to org-wide initiatives. Tackle unique and challenging projects, such as re-architecting Figma’s mobile offering and building a new rendering system. This full-time role can be based in a US hub or remotely in the United States.

Requirements

• 3+ years of iOS experience as a Software Engineer
• Demonstrate an interest or ability to work across the stack
• Proactive communication skills and a desire to work in a collaborative environment

Responsibilities

• Work closely with leadership to help shape the vision for mobile foundational systems, leveraging the extensive expertise Figma has within C++/Web, while adapting it for the world of mobile
• Work closely with teammates and partners in Engineering, Product, Design, Marketing, User Research, and Data Science to build new features and achieve roadmap goals. We prioritize collaboration and cross-functional partnerships, so you won’t operate in silos
• Drive guidance, quality, and standards for mobile at Figma, and explore opportunities that keep us on the cutting edge of mobile/system-level design
• Be a mentor and provide thoughtful feedback to your peers, and benefit from strong personal and professional mentorship opportunities yourself
• Contribute to org-wide initiatives like new hire onboarding, interview process development, and Belonging/Equity/Inclusion efforts
• Continue ramping and learning. The technical challenges you'll tackle on the Mobile Platform are unique, fun, ambitious, and ever-evolving
• Re-architecting Figma’s mobile offering “Mirror”, to be resilient to crashes, and being able to operate in a resource constrained environment
• Building a new rendering system to enable some of the most complex Figma design files to be viewable in Mobile
• Streamline the communication layer between Web and Native to be performant and reliable
• Develop the next generation of secure mobile authentication for Figma
• Unlock Figma’s core systems within WASM/JS/backend to mobile product teams, to build unique product experiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in low-level system design, streaming services, and full-stack systems
• Web/C++ experience
• Rendering via OpenGL
• Building and designing streaming services
• An interest in mentorship, learning from others, and digging into new challenges
• An inclusive approach towards building features, solving problems, investing in culture, and growing teams

Benefits

• Health, dental & vision
• Retirement with company contribution
• Parental leave & reproductive or family planning support
• Mental health & wellness benefits
• Generous PTO
• Company recharge days
• A learning & development stipend
• A work from home stipend
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles