Join Figma as a Compliance Engineer to design and implement security controls across multiple compliance frameworks.
Posted by employer 11 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 3 hours ago
What you'll build
- Develop and verify technical security controls
- Collaborate with teams to translate compliance requirements
- Design and execute control testing procedures
- Establish continuous monitoring processes
- Build and maintain API integrations
Must have
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in security compliance
- Experience with compliance frameworks like FedRAMP and SOC 2
- Experience testing security controls
- Understanding of cloud security concepts
- Experience with JSON and REST APIs
Nice to have
- Experience developing JSON-based control definitions
- Familiarity with Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL)
- Proficiency in Python for compliance automation
- Experience using Git and version control
- Hands-on experience with cloud security technologies
AI in the day-to-day
Leverage AI-assisted development tools to streamline control testing and evidence collection.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Compliance Engineer at Figma, the individual will focus on designing, implementing, and testing security controls to meet various compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP and SOC 2. Key skills include expertise in security compliance, experience with cloud environments, and proficiency in automation tools like JSON and APIs. This position is well-suited for candidates with over five years of relevant experience in security compliance or IT audit, particularly those who can bridge technical requirements with compliance needs. Figma emphasizes a collaborative approach, working closely with engineering teams to enhance compliance processes.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 17, 2026. Last confirmed on Figma's careers page October 17, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Security roles (median ~$170,000).
- Starts above 79% of 53 comparable mid security roles in United States that list Python we track (median $133,600 across 22 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 40.9% of 198 comparable mid security roles in United States; REST APIs appears in 0.5% of 198 comparable mid security roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Compliance Engineer role remote?
- It's hybrid — Figma expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA, United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Figma lists $169,000–$296,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Compliance Engineer role.
- Where is the role based?
- Figma is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, JSON, NIST, Python.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Figma targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Compliance Engineer role at Figma.
From the original posting
Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!
As a Compliance Engineer at Figma, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and testing security controls across multiple compliance frameworks, including FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST. You will collaborate closely with security, infrastructure, and product engineering teams to translate regulatory requirements into effective technical controls, evaluate control effectiveness, and identify opportunities to improve security and compliance processes. You will also help advance Figma’s compliance engineering capabilities by leveraging automation, machine-readable control definitions (JSON), APIs, and AI-assisted development tools to streamline control testing, evidence collection, and continuous monitoring. This role combines deep security compliance expertise with technical problem-solving to build scalable, repeatable, and effective compliance practices.
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:
- Develop and verify technical security controls that satisfy multiple compliance frameworks
- Collaborate with security, infrastructure, and product engineering teams to translate compliance requirements into effective technical controls
- Design and execute control testing procedures to assess control performance, surface gaps, and verify that remediation is complete
- Establish repeatable control assessments and continuous monitoring processes to evaluate compliance effectiveness
- Translate security requirements into structured, machine-readable JSON definitions to support control management, testing, and automation
- Build and maintain API integrations and automated workflows to streamline evidence collection, control validation, and compliance processes
- Identify opportunities to improve control effectiveness, reduce manual effort, and scale compliance operations across multiple frameworks
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in security compliance, security assurance, IT audit, or compliance engineering
- Experience with security compliance frameworks, including FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST 800-53, designing, implementing, and testing technical security controls in SaaS or cloud environments
- Experience testing security controls for design and operating performance, including surfacing gaps and confirming fixes
- Understanding of cloud security concepts, including identity and access management, vulnerability management, logging, and security configurations
- Experience working with engineering teams to implement compliance requirements as technical solutions
- Experience with JSON, REST APIs, and automation, applied to compliance engineering challenges
While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:
- Experience developing JSON-based control definitions, JSON Schema, or machine-readable compliance documentation, and REST API integrations and custom automation workflows
- Familiarity with Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL)
- Proficiency in Python or similar scripting languages for compliance automation, including experience with compliance automation platforms and automated evidence collection
- Experience using Git, version control, and collaborative development workflows
- Hands-on experience with cloud security technologies, particularly AWS
Pay Transparency Disclosure
At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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