Software Engineer, C++

This is a highly collaborative role: you'll partner closely with designers, product managers, and other engineers to plan, build, and iterate on features that serve millions of users around the world. Whether you're optimizing our core engine, building authoring tools, or crafting new platform abstractions, your work will be key to advancing the future of design.

This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

Build core features and frontend infrastructure in a real-time, multiplayer system with a complex in-memory data model (Scene Graph)

Extend our core C++ engine and multiplayer protocols to support scalable design systems, branching/merging flows, and advanced collaboration modes

Design and build APIs and tooling to allow product teams to build against our platform with ease and confidence

Contribute to accessibility strategy and implementation, ensuring our tools are usable by all

Collaborate regularly with cross-functional partners across product, design, and engineering to plan and execute high-impact projects

Write clear, maintainable code and documentation, and contribute to architectural decisions

Mentor and support other engineers through pairing, code review, and feedback

Help drive recruitment and shape our inclusive, high-performance engineering culture

4+ years of professional Software Engineering experience shipping user-facing features or products

Strong programming skills in one or more languages relevant to our frontend such as Type Script, C++, React, Go, Rust, or Python

A track record of working collaboratively across teams and disciplines to deliver complex technical projects

2+ years of experience in a technical lead role, especially across multiple teams

Experience with game engines, rendering systems, or other performance-critical applications

Background in developer platforms or API design

Passion for crafting collaborative tools and creative workflows

A strong product mindset and attention to user experience

A commitment to continuous learning, inclusion, and helping others grow

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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.

Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well 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. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles.

Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.