Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Figma is a company dedicated to making design accessible to all, and they are seeking a Manager for their Software Engineering - Interaction Design team. This role involves leading a team to enhance the platform's interactive and animated features, managing engineers, and collaborating with product and engineering leadership to drive strategy and project priorities.
Responsibilities
- Build and execute on a long-term roadmap to improve the platform, features, and runtimes supporting interactive and animated experiences in Figma products like Prototyping and Slides
- Hire, manage, support and develop a team of engineers, including staff level engineers
- Partner with product and engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects
- Roll up your sleeves as needed to get involved in the technical details of solving some of the most complex technical challenges at Figma
- Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization
- Grow your career in an engaged and creative engineering community
- 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
Skills
- 2+ years of experience managing and leading a high output engineering team
- 5+ years of engineering experience working on complex systems with an emphasis on performance, reliability, quality, and extensibility
- Demonstrated leadership skills in building a high-performing and highly engaged engineering team; including a proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers
- Demonstrated ability to partner with internal product and development teams to build systems that solve their needs
- Experience building performant animation and interaction frameworks, tooling, and foundations
- Deep knowledge of runtime environments and how they operate, including game, application, or browser engines
- Experience with creative coding frameworks used for building interaction, animation, and time-based media experiences
Benefits
- Figma offers equity to employees
- 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
- An annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles
Company Overview
Figma is a collaborative design tool that enables teams to create, prototype, and test digital products on one platform. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.figma.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Figma has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 12 in 2026, 47 in 2025, 27 in 2024, 32 in 2023, 35 in 2022, 16 in 2021, 6 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.