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Figma is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the Production Engineering team, which owns end-to-end reliability, durability, scalability, and performance across Figma's products and services. This role is critical to enabling rapid feature delivery, supporting user base growth, and fostering innovation across infrastructure and product teams.
You will work closely with engineering teams to define methodologies and standards around reliability, durability, scalability, and performance. Key responsibilities include addressing operational challenges through improved telemetry and tool-building, debugging production issues across the stack, participating in design and production reviews for new features and infrastructure, planning infrastructure growth, and operating AWS infrastructure.
The ideal candidate is a generalist with strong Computer Science fundamentals and proven experience building and running complex, large-scale services. You should have 5+ years of software engineering experience operating infrastructure components and services at scale, with demonstrated expertise in distributed systems. Experience managing infrastructure in AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud is required, along with a track record of diagnosing problems in complex systems.
Additional valued qualities include excellent problem-solving and technical communication skills, a systematic and thorough approach, first-principles thinking, bias for action, and deep care for software quality with an artisan mentality. Commitment to operational security best practices and alignment with Figma's collaborative, inclusive culture are important. The company values curiosity and learning; candidates whose experience doesn't perfectly match the description are encouraged to apply.
