Software Engineer, Traffic

About the role

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

Server Platform is at the core of Figma's infrastructure foundation! This area owns the foundational layer of infrastructure that underpins all other infrastructure and application services at Figma. The Foundation team under Server Platform is Infrastructure's infrastructure. This team enables the efficient operation and rapid development of reliable infrastructure at Figma through opinionated platforms.

We are building the V2 of Infrastructure and setting key initiatives that will set the tone for infrastructure for the next half decade. We're looking for thoughtful and technical leaders with experience focused on designing the next generation edge and network to handle our growing customer traffic and services.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

What you'll do at Figma:

Design, build and operate scalable distributed systems and services that power Figma's innovative tools for design and collaboration

Develop and secure our internal and edge network running on AWS

Help design and deploy an internal service mesh network which can support Figma's growing portfolio of services and features

Develop intelligent detection and auto-scaling countermeasures for DDoS threats

Debug and resolve production issues across services and multiple layers of the stack, reducing mean time to resolution for critical incidents

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

4+ years of experience building infrastructure components and services at scale in a cloud environment

Experience with programming languages like TypeScript or Go

Experience building and scaling distributed and traffic systems as an individual contributor and/or Team Lead

Proven track record of building, scaling, and shipping high-quality products in high growth environments

Experience communicating cross-functionally and working with teams handling network and traffic systems at scale for millions of customers

While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

Deep knowledge of DDoS attack mechanisms and mitigation solutions on AWS or Cloud environments

Significant background securing network infrastructure

Traffic analytics using VPC Flow Logs, Lambda, and other data sources

Experience with TCP, HTTP, DNS, and SSL protocols

Experience with network proxies like Envoy and Haproxy

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Pay Transparency Disclosure

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well as a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision coverage; retirement benefits with company contributions; parental leave and reproductive or family planning support; mental health and wellness benefits; and paid time off. Figma provides paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the requirements of the Washington Minimum Wage Act and related regulations. Exempt employees are eligible for employer‑provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave. PTO is subject to manager approval. Additional benefits may include company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, and a number of lifestyle spending accounts. Figma also offers sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. All compensation and benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and may be modified by Figma at any time, consistent with applicable law.

Annual Base Salary Range:
$153,000 $376,000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status , or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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Holding interviews in an accessible location

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Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers

Changing the mode or format of interviews

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