ML/AI Engineer – Applied Research | 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">We’re looking for engineers with a Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence background to improve our products and build new capabilities. You will be driving fundamental and applied research in this area. You will be combining industry best practices and a first-principles approach to design and build ML models that will improve Figma’s design and collaboration tool.</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">You will be driving fundamental and applied research in ML/AI. You will explore the boundaries of what is possible with the current technology set.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You will be combining industry best practices and a first-principles approach to design and build ML models.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work in concert with product and infrastructure engineers to improve Figma’s design and collaboration tool through ML powered product features.</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">5+ years of experience in programming languages (Python, C++, Java or R)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">3+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: machine learning, natural language processing/understanding, computer vision, generative models.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Proven experience researching, building and/or fine-tuning ML models in production environments</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions</span></li>
</ul>
<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">While 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">Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long-term vision.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience in mentoring/influencing senior engineers across organizations.</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>
<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">Read more about our team</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 href="https://a16z.com/2020/04/30/figma/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Investing in Figma: The Decade of Design</a></span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><a href="https://www.figma.com/blog/how-work-is-changing-at-figma/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">How work is changing at Figma</a></span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><a href="https://www.protocol.com/figma-figjam" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Figma’s next product is a multiplayer whiteboard called FigJam</a></span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHXmj3hN5mI" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Figma’s Musical!</a></span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">#LI-Remote</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">$149,000—$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">We’re looking for engineers with a Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence background to improve our products and build new capabilities. You will be driving fundamental and applied research in this area. You will be combining industry best practices and a first-principles approach to design and build ML models that will improve Figma’s design and collaboration tool.</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">You will be driving fundamental and applied research in ML/AI. You will explore the boundaries of what is possible with the current technology set.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You will be combining industry best practices and a first-principles approach to design and build ML models.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work in concert with product and infrastructure engineers to improve Figma’s design and collaboration tool through ML powered product features.</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">5+ years of experience in programming languages (Python, C++, Java or R)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">3+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: machine learning, natural language processing/understanding, computer vision, generative models.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Proven experience researching, building and/or fine-tuning ML models in production environments</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions</span></li>
</ul>
<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">While 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">Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long-term vision.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience in mentoring/influencing senior engineers across organizations.</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>
<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">Read more about our team</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 href="https://a16z.com/2020/04/30/figma/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Investing in Figma: The Decade of Design</a></span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><a href="https://www.figma.com/blog/how-work-is-changing-at-figma/" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">How work is changing at Figma</a></span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><a href="https://www.protocol.com/figma-figjam" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Figma’s next product is a multiplayer whiteboard called FigJam</a></span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHXmj3hN5mI" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Figma’s Musical!</a></span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">#LI-Remote</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">$149,000—$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>