Staff Software Engineer
FigmaNew York, NYhybrid$203K–$345KEnterprisePosted 27d ago · Aug 18, 2026
Figma is hiring a staff software engineer to work on software engineering for collaborative interface design and prototyping in the browser.
What you would own
- Design, build and operate services that carry production traffic.
- Raise the reliability and latency bar for the systems you own.
- Review designs and mentor engineers across the team.
Skills
GoPythonKubernetesPostgreSQLReactTypeScriptRustgRPCTerraform
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Employees
1.9K
+7.3% 90d
Open roles
142
+11% 30d
Remote share
28%
Activity score
72
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Compensation
Data Engineer pay at Figma up 9% year over year
Median posted compensation for data engineer roles moved from about $187K to $205K across 48 observed postings and reports.
Data Engineer median$205K+9.4%/ 12 months
Pay moving this fast usually signals a supply shortage rather than a general raise.
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