Distributed Systems Engineer
4 days ago
Figma is a leading design and development platform that empowers teams to create and collaborate on innovative products. We are seeking a highly skilled Distributed Systems Engineer to join our team and contribute to the development of our state-of-the-art distributed storage systems.
About the Role:
We are looking for a talented engineer with a passion for distributed systems and a strong background in software development. As a Distributed Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and building novel solutions for scaling our distributed storage systems, collaborating with the Infrastructure org to improve the reliability of our underlying systems, and providing technical leadership on the long-term vision for OLTP/Streaming/Caching at Figma.
Responsibilities:
- Design and build novel solutions for scaling our distributed storage systems
- Collaborate with the Infrastructure org to improve the reliability of our underlying systems
- Provide technical leadership on the long-term vision for OLTP/Streaming/Caching at Figma
- Collaborate with product teams to offer simple, maintainable APIs
- Provide Figma engineering with new primitives to operate online data at scale
- Unlock new revenue by building technical solutions for business problems
Requirements:
- 6+ years of experience building infrastructure components/services at scale
- Experience building and scaling distributed systems as an individual contributor and/or team lead
- Experience building and operating core, "critical path" production services
- Experience communicating and working across multiple teams and functions to deliver solutions
- Proven track record of successfully shipping and landing high-quality products in high growth environments
- Mentorship experiences with both junior and senior engineers
- Excellent technical communication skills
What We Offer:
Figma offers 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.
Pay Transparency Disclosure:
If based in Figma's San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below. 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.
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