Manager, Software Engineering – Search Platform | Figma | Remote (United States)
Posted 2025-09-08
Remote, USA
Full Time
Immediate Start
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. <a href="https://www.figma.com/blog/meet-us-in-the-browser/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Born on the Web</a>, Figma helps entire product teams <a href="https://www.figma.com/blog/introducing-figjam/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">brainstorm</a>, design and build better products — from start to finish. Whether it’s consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come <a href="https://www.figma.com/blog/inside-maker-week-more-than-a-hackathon/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">make</a> with us!</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Search technology underpins several recent Figma product innovations, such as visual search in the new <a href="https://www.figma.com/blog/introducing-figma-ai/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Figma AI bundle</a>. The Search Platform team aims to accelerate new search feature development by providing a flexible, configurable indexing solution allowing any team to index any content. The team will abstract away search cluster resource creation and management complexity, providing infrastructure-level SLO guarantees and out-of-the-box observability. The team will partner with Figma’s Search Experience team, and various other product teams across Figma, to leverage the search platform to build optimal search experiences.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.</p>
<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">What you’ll do at Figma:</strong></h3>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Hire, manage, support and develop a team of engineers who design and build scalable services to power Figma’s search platform and infrastructure.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build and execute on a long-term roadmap to evolve and scale Search platform capabilities</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Partner with engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Grow your career in an engaged and creative engineering community</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Figma is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture. We expect all of our leaders to play a role in helping to build and drive these initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs in partnership with teams across all of Figma.</span></li>
</ul>
<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">We’d love to hear from you if you have:</strong></h3>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">2+ years of experience managing and leading a high output engineering team</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">5+ years experience building and scaling distributed systems as a leader and/or individual contributor</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong expertise in OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Solr, or other search engine technologies, with experience managing such search clusters at scale to serve production-facing traffic.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with designing and managing scalable, high-performance, and reliable search infrastructure. Knowledge of search algorithms, indexing, and query processing.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Skills in optimizing search performance and reducing time-to-index latency. Familiarity with indexing and caching strategies, load balancing, and other performance-enhancing techniques.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Demonstrated leadership skills in building a high-performing and highly engaged engineering team. Proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers.</span></li>
</ul>
<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:</strong></h3>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">A history of solving difficult engineering problems with novel, custom solutions</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience evangelizing innovative, internal infrastructure and developer tools</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">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.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Pay Transparency Disclosure</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">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. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including 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, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. You may view our <a href="https://www.figma.com/pay-transparency-policy-statement/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Pay Transparency Policy</a> by clicking on the corresponding link.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">$240,000—$350,000 USD</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">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 <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC%5FKnowYourRights%5Fscreen%5Freader%5F10%5F20.pdf" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">equal opportunity workplace</a> – 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.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to <a href="mailto:accommodations-ext@figma.com" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer">accommodations-ext@figma.com</a>. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:</p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Holding interviews in an accessible location</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Changing the mode or format of interviews</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with the applicable candidate section of <a href="https://www.figma.com/privacy/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Figma’s Privacy Policy</a>.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Search technology underpins several recent Figma product innovations, such as visual search in the new <a href="https://www.figma.com/blog/introducing-figma-ai/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Figma AI bundle</a>. The Search Platform team aims to accelerate new search feature development by providing a flexible, configurable indexing solution allowing any team to index any content. The team will abstract away search cluster resource creation and management complexity, providing infrastructure-level SLO guarantees and out-of-the-box observability. The team will partner with Figma’s Search Experience team, and various other product teams across Figma, to leverage the search platform to build optimal search experiences.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.</p>
<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">What you’ll do at Figma:</strong></h3>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Hire, manage, support and develop a team of engineers who design and build scalable services to power Figma’s search platform and infrastructure.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build and execute on a long-term roadmap to evolve and scale Search platform capabilities</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Partner with engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Grow your career in an engaged and creative engineering community</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Figma is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture. We expect all of our leaders to play a role in helping to build and drive these initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs in partnership with teams across all of Figma.</span></li>
</ul>
<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">We’d love to hear from you if you have:</strong></h3>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">2+ years of experience managing and leading a high output engineering team</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">5+ years experience building and scaling distributed systems as a leader and/or individual contributor</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong expertise in OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Solr, or other search engine technologies, with experience managing such search clusters at scale to serve production-facing traffic.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with designing and managing scalable, high-performance, and reliable search infrastructure. Knowledge of search algorithms, indexing, and query processing.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Skills in optimizing search performance and reducing time-to-index latency. Familiarity with indexing and caching strategies, load balancing, and other performance-enhancing techniques.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Demonstrated leadership skills in building a high-performing and highly engaged engineering team. Proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers.</span></li>
</ul>
<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:</strong></h3>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">A history of solving difficult engineering problems with novel, custom solutions</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience evangelizing innovative, internal infrastructure and developer tools</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">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.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Pay Transparency Disclosure</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">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. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including 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, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. You may view our <a href="https://www.figma.com/pay-transparency-policy-statement/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Pay Transparency Policy</a> by clicking on the corresponding link.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">$240,000—$350,000 USD</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">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 <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC%5FKnowYourRights%5Fscreen%5Freader%5F10%5F20.pdf" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">equal opportunity workplace</a> – 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.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to <a href="mailto:accommodations-ext@figma.com" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer">accommodations-ext@figma.com</a>. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:</p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Holding interviews in an accessible location</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Changing the mode or format of interviews</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with the applicable candidate section of <a href="https://www.figma.com/privacy/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Figma’s Privacy Policy</a>.</p>