Senior Production Engineer

5 days ago


San Francisco, California, United States Figma Full time

Figma is a company that empowers its users to design and build better products. As a Senior Production Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, durability, scalability, and performance of Figma's products and services.

This is a critical role that requires a strong understanding of computer science fundamentals and experience building and running complex large-scale services. You will work closely with the engineering team to define standard methodologies and goals around reliability, durability, scalability, and performance.

Some of your key responsibilities will include addressing common operational challenges through better telemetry and building tools/services, debugging production issues across services and levels of the stack, participating in design reviews and production reviews for new features, products, or infrastructure components, and planning for the growth of Figma's infrastructure.

In addition, you will operate and maintain AWS infrastructure, ensuring that it meets the company's high standards for reliability and scalability.

We are looking for a generalist with a strong grasp of computer science fundamentals and experience building and running complex large-scale services. The ideal candidate will have a passion for building tools that simplify operating large-scale infrastructure and for improving the operational maturity of Figma.

This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States. We celebrate and support our differences, and we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you are a motivated and detail-oriented individual with a passion for building scalable and reliable systems, we encourage you to apply for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Define standard methodologies and goals around reliability, durability, scalability, and performance
  • Address common operational challenges through better telemetry and building tools/services
  • Debug production issues across services and levels of the stack
  • Participate in design reviews and production reviews for new features, products, or infrastructure components
  • Plan for the growth of Figma's infrastructure
  • Operate and maintain AWS infrastructure

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience operating infrastructure components/services at scale
  • Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals
  • Experience building and running complex large-scale services
  • Passion for building tools that simplify operating large-scale infrastructure
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and technical communication skills

We offer a competitive salary range of $149,000 — $350,000 USD, depending on location and experience. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, retirement with company contribution, parental leave and reproductive or family planning support, mental health and wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning and development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement.



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