Job brief: AI Engineer, Internal Tools

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 2026-11-04 (5 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-09.
• 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: $153,000 to $296,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States · Canada · US
• Posted: 2026-10-27

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

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

Must have

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building production applications, integrations, backend systems, or AI-powered products
• Experience working directly with non-engineering stakeholders to understand ambiguous business problems and translate them into technical solutions and ability to move quickly fro…
• 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

• Partner directly with teams across GTM, Finance, People, Legal, Support, and other business functions to understand workflows and identify high-value opportu…
• Design, build, and productionize AI agents, assistants, and workflow automations that solve real business problems using LLMs, tool calling, RAG, structured …
• Build evaluations and feedback loops to measure accuracy, reliability, and business impact before and after AI solutions reach production
• Design deterministic guardrails, human-in-the-loop controls, and approval patterns for workflows where AI systems take business-critical actions
• Build production-ready systems with strong observability, failure handling, security, authentication, authorization, and auditability

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 engineer jobs across the U.S.: $141k a year (3,304 listings, 146 employers). This listing is 60% higher.
• Across Figma's 101 open listings, 50% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Figma hires

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