We’re looking for a Product Manager for our Client and Mobile Platform teams, which build the core platform that powers our creative tools like Figma design and FigJam, and are critical for ensuring Figma can successfully become a multi-product company. These teams are at the nexus of feature development and innovation at Figma—they build systems and tooling that help product engineers go from code to production quickly and safely, while ensuring product quality issues are easy to prevent, detect, and mitigate.
This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.
What you’ll do at Figma:
Build and maintain a strong understanding of, and empathy for, internal developer journeys and workflows
Partner with data science to understand how performance and quality issues impact users and business goals
Define a vision for foundational systems, tooling, and internal APIs that help frontend and mobile engineers build innovative features quickly
Define a vision for tooling and systems that help frontend and mobile engineers easily prevent, detect, and mitigate production issues
Partner with engineering to build internal tooling that improves developer velocity and quality
Partner with engineering to build testing frameworks, observability systems, and build/release tooling
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
Have 3-5+ years as a product manager in a technical area
Previous experience working on mobile engineering, developer experiences, tools, workflows, and/or infrastructure
Previous experience working with APIs and collaborating with engineering on system design tradeoffs
Proven track record leading cross-functional teams and driving complex projects
While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:
Demonstrated ability bringing a product-centric and user-centric approach to projects driven by platform teams
Confirmed ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
Consistent track record establishing KPIs for platform teams, and driving business impact
Proven ability to lead through influence, especially when helping product teams adopt the tooling and best practices established by platform teams
Experience working as a frontend or mobile engineer
Experience working on build and release tooling
Experience working on testing frameworks and observability platforms
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.
