Figma
Software Engineer - Traffic
About this role
Figma seeks an experienced Software Engineer to design and operate scalable traffic and network infrastructure on AWS. You'll build the next generation of edge and distributed systems supporting millions of users, with a focus on service mesh deployment, DDoS mitigation, and production reliability.
What you'll do
- Design and build scalable distributed systems powering Figma's collaboration platform
- Develop and secure internal and edge network infrastructure on AWS
- Design and deploy internal service mesh to support growing services
- Build DDoS detection and auto-scaling countermeasures
- Debug and resolve production incidents across multiple stack layers
What they're looking for
- Infrastructure and distributed systems design at scale
- TypeScript or Go programming
- Cloud environment infrastructure (AWS)
- Network and traffic systems architecture
- DDoS mitigation and security
- Network protocols (TCP, HTTP, DNS, SSL)
- Network proxies (Envoy, Haproxy)
- VPC Flow Logs and traffic analytics
Benefits
- Equity and competitive compensation ($153,000-$376,000 base for hub locations)
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement with company contribution
- Parental leave and family planning support
- Generous PTO and company recharge days
- Learning and development stipend
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Figma
Figma is a design platform that leverages AI and machine learning to power intelligent features like search, ranking, and generative capabilities. The company is hiring software engineers, ML engineers, and support specialists to build scalable infrastructure, AI-powered automations, and support systems that serve millions of users.
- Website
- figma.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience designing and operating scalable distributed systems at cloud scale. What were the key architectural decisions you made?
- Walk us through a time you debugged and resolved a critical production incident affecting traffic or network infrastructure. How did you reduce MTTR?