Overview
Software Engineer on Figma’s Data Platform team, building and operating large-scale data infrastructure powering analytics, AI/ML, and business intelligence.
What you'll do
- Design and build large-scale distributed data systems for analytics, AI/ML, and business intelligence.
- Develop batch and streaming data processing solutions for reliability, efficiency, and scalability.
- Manage and evolve core platforms such as Snowflake, ML Datalake, orchestration infrastructure, and real-time ingestion systems.
- Improve data reliability, consistency, and compliance for engineering, research, and business stakeholders.
- Identify and drive cost optimization opportunities across data processing, compute infrastructure, and storage.
- Collaborate with AI researchers, data scientists, product engineers, and business teams on data needs.
- Mentor and support engineers to foster learning and technical excellence.
What you'll need
- 5+ years of backend or infrastructure engineering experience.
- Experience designing and building distributed data infrastructure at scale.
- Strong expertise in batch and streaming data processing technologies such as Spark, Flink, Kafka, or Airflow/Dagster.
- Proven problem-solving impact in fast-paced environments focused on reliable, performant systems.
- Excellent technical communication skills with cross-technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of learning and technical excellence.
Details
- Full-time role held from one of the US hubs or remotely in the United States.
- In-person onboarding is required if hired.
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