Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure systems supporting product innovation and user collaboration at scale
• ▹Architect and evolve distributed systems including storage platforms, streaming infrastructure, and compute orchestration
• ▹Improve developer experience by building internal platforms, CI/CD systems, build tools, and APIs
• ▹Collaborate across product and infrastructure teams to design secure, maintainable, and performant systems
• ▹Participate in shaping platform strategy, roadmaps, and engineering best practices across the organization
• ▹Debug and resolve complex production issues that span services and layers of the stack
• ▹Mentor engineers and foster a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and technical excellence

Requirements

• ▹5+ years of Software Engineering experience, specifically in backend or infrastructure engineering
• ▹Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts such as sharding, replication, consistency, and eventual convergence
• ▹Experience with cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure), infrastructure-as-code, and container orchestration
• ▹Proficiency in languages such as Go, TypeScript, Python, Rust, or Ruby
• ▹Strong system design skills and a track record of architecting resilient production systems
• ▹Excellent communication skills, experience collaborating across teams and mentoring others

Nice to have

• ▹Experience scaling storage platforms (e.g., Postgres, Redis, S3, DynamoDB) or operating streaming systems like Kafka
• ▹Background in traffic management, DDoS mitigation, or service mesh technologies (e.g., Envoy, Istio)
• ▹A history of developing complex, realtime distributed systems at scale
• ▹A passion for building developer productivity tools, including dev environments, CI/CD pipelines, and build systems
• ▹Experience evolving large-scale, shared developer platforms to improve reliability and developer velocity
• ▹Strong problem-solving skills and a bias for action on high-impact, gritty challenges

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Equity
• ▹Health, dental & vision benefits
• ▹Retirement with company contribution
• ▹Parental leave & family planning support
• ▹Mental health & wellness benefits
• ▹Generous PTO and company recharge days
• ▹Learning & development stipend
• ▹Work from home stipend and cell phone reimbursement

About the company

Figma is the platform that makes design accessible to all — teams brainstorm, prototype, translate designs into code, and iterate with AI in real time from anywhere in the world.