Software Engineer, Desktop

Join to apply for the Software Engineer, Desktop role at Figma 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! We’re looking for a desktop engineer to join our Desktop Team and continue making our desktop app the best way to experience Figma on macOS and Windows. Our Desktop Engineering team covers a wide technical scope, given the breadth of ownership and customer impact of the app. We work highly collaboratively to solve these problems together. We strive to foster a positive, inclusive culture — you can read more about our engineering values on our blog. This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States and Canada. What you'll do at Figma: Lead complex technical initiatives to improve performance, reliability, and user experience of our Electron.js-based desktop application Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to define the desktop app roadmap Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across the Desktop App team Drive technical decisions that balance innovation, quality, and delivery timelines Share responsibility for testing, releasing, maintaining our desktop application and related developer tools and processes Communicate and document architectural designs, requirements, and best practices We'd love to hear from you if you have: Production experience with Electron.js or similar technologies (Tauri, NW.js, Puppeteer, Chromium Embedded Framework) or have worked on the internals of a web browser. 8+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership 3+ years experience developing cross-platform JavaScript applications using Node.js, working in large C/C++ codebases (e.g. browsers, compilers, or kernels), or implementing advanced React.js patterns such as complex state management architectures or performance optimization for rendering-intensive applications Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences Track record of mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have: Familiarity with the internals of Chromium, Node.js and V8, or JavaScript (e.g. memory management/garbage collection, event loop, microtasks) Working knowledge of native operating system APIs (Win32, Cocoa/UIKit) Previous experience improving Continuous Integration systems for Electron-based projects and integration with their web counterpart systems around performance, costs, and developer experience Experience working with Figma’s products to have a strong sense of user empathy Pay Transparency Disclosure If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below. Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information. Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub): $149,000—$350,000 USD Figma is an Equal Opportunity Employer 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. We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. #J-18808-Ljbffr