Manager, Software Engineering - AI Infrastructure
Lead and grow a team of engineers building foundational infrastructure for Figma’s AI products.
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Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Lead a team of engineers building foundational infrastructure for AI products
- Define the team’s technical strategy
- Manage day-to-day project execution
- Hire and develop senior and staff engineers
- Build an inclusive team culture
Must have
- 3+ years of engineering management experience
- 8+ years of total engineering experience
- Experience working on production AI systems
- Proven track record of motivating and mentoring AI engineering leads
- Demonstrated experience learning new AI technologies quickly
Nice to have
- Experience building AI agents or tooling platforms
- Experience building high-scale production infrastructure
- Background in recommendation systems or networking
Role intensity
10% coding — mostly leadership/strategy
AI in the day-to-day
Our team builds foundational inference systems that sit at the core of Figma’s AI products.
Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Manager of Software Engineering for AI Infrastructure at Figma leads a team focused on building the essential systems that support the company's AI products. This role requires a strong background in engineering management, particularly in AI, along with hands-on experience in production AI systems. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record of developing and mentoring engineering teams, as well as the ability to navigate technical challenges. Figma's emphasis on growth and collaboration suggests a supportive environment for both personal and professional development.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 20, 2026. Last confirmed on Figma's careers page October 20, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Management roles (median ~$171,120).
- Starts above 62% of 93 comparable lead management roles in United States that list AI/ML we track (median $240,000 across 37 companies). See AI/ML salary trends
- AI/ML appears in 26.1% of 598 comparable lead management roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Manager, Software Engineering - AI Infrastructure role remote?
- It's hybrid — Figma expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA, United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Figma lists $258,000–$376,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Manager, Software Engineering - AI Infrastructure 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: AI infrastructure, AI/ML.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Figma targets lead candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Manager, Software Engineering - AI Infrastructure 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!
The AI Infrastructure team builds the foundational inference systems that sit at the core of Figma’s AI products. Our team is responsible for ensuring products like Figma Make and Figma Agent are highly reliable, easily observable, and can seamlessly leverage the latest cutting-edge models. Our team owns critical production services like our AI gateway, metering systems, and trace infrastructure, as well as our strategy for hosting first-party models. This role is an opportunity to join a rapidly-growing team at the ground floor and directly contribute to our core AI platform.
We’re looking for a hands-on engineering leader to support & grow our team, define & execute on our technical strategy, and collaborate with teams across engineering to build best-in-class AI features.
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:
- Lead, grow, and support a team of engineers building foundational infrastructure for Figma’s AI products.
- Partner with engineering and product leaders from across Figma to define the team’s technical strategy and manage the day-to-day project execution.
- Hire, coach, and develop senior and staff engineers to scale the team.
- Roll up your sleeves to engage deeply with technical details and decisions as needed in order to help the team deliver on a robust AI platform with urgency.
- Build an inclusive team and culture through thoughtful team-building and hiring practices.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- 3+ years of engineering management experience leading high-performing, fast-moving teams, ideally in the AI space.
- 8+ years of total engineering experience, ideally reaching a staff engineering level as an individual contributor.
- Experience working on production AI systems.
- A proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and growing experienced AI engineering leads.
- Demonstrated experience learning new AI technologies quickly building technical depth in a new domain.
- Experience building and scaling engineering teams and org structure as they grow.
- Experience building AI agents, agent harnesses/loops, or LLM/agent tooling platforms.
- Experience building high-scale production infrastructure (e.g., traffic/inference systems, metering, anti-abuse and billing systems).
- A background in adjacent platform domains, like recommendation systems or networking.
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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