Software Engineer, Developer Experience

About this role

Figma seeks an experienced technical leader to drive strategy and operations for the Build Systems team, owning infrastructure that enables engineers to ship changes safely and quickly. You'll architect scalable CI/CD platforms, optimize build systems across a large monorepo, and mentor a team focused on accelerating engineering velocity.

What you'll do

• Set technical roadmap and strategy for Build Systems team
• Lead multi-quarter initiatives to reduce build/test times and improve CI reliability
• Design and maintain scalable build systems, CI platforms, and test frameworks serving thousands of engineers
• Architect large-scale AWS infrastructure powering the entire build pipeline
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify developer pain points and design solutions
• Mentor team members and communicate technical decisions to all organizational levels

What they're looking for

• Build systems (Bazel, Buck, Pants, Gradle)
• Large-scale monorepo management
• CI/CD optimization and platform design
• AWS and Infrastructure as Code
• Go, TypeScript, Python, or Ruby
• Distributed systems architecture
• Technical leadership and cross-team collaboration
• Developer tooling at scale