Job brief: Software Engineer - Application Platform

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Figma's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-06 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address Figma's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $235,000 to $376,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States · Canada · US
• Posted: 2026-11-06

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The posting asks for 5+ years of experience.

Must have

• Bring 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years building production systems with Ruby
• While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:
• Figma provides paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the requirements of the Washington Minim…
• Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

Main duties

• Design and evolve shared Ruby frameworks for REST APIs, asynchronous jobs, workflow orchestration, and data access
• Improve the availability, reliability, scalability, and performance of backend systems that support critical product functionality
• Modernize a large Ruby codebase through safe architectural changes, including moving REST APIs from Sinatra toward Rails and introducing stronger endpoint ab…
• Make backend development faster by improving hot reloading, local workflows, test infrastructure, CI reliability, debugging tools, and iteration speed
• Strengthen the scalability, isolation, observability, and recovery capabilities of Figma’s asynchronous job platform

Lines copied from the posting, not rewritten. "Preferred" or "nice to have" items are not listed as must-haves.

How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs across the U.S.: $187k a year (1,154 listings, 68 employers). This listing is 63% higher.
• Across Figma's 103 open listings, 48% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Figma hires

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