Software Engineer - Application Platform
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
Posted about a month ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 30 days Figma's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Figma's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Figma
- high 119 stale, 4 reposted of 158 open
- Hiring momentum
- 217 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Figma's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Figma.
About this role
As a Software Engineer on the Application Platform team at Figma, you will design and enhance shared Ruby frameworks that support REST APIs and workflow orchestration. Your role involves modernizing a large Ruby codebase, improving backend system performance, and collaborating with product engineers to address recurring issues. You'll also mentor other engineers and contribute to establishing best engineering practices across the organization.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Figma as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 3+ years building production systems with Ruby
- Experience building, maintaining, and evolving large Ruby applications
- Ability to design reliable distributed systems at production scale
- Experience improving complex systems through architecture and performance enhancements
- Ability to create scalable abstractions and collaborate with engineers across teams
Nice to have
- Experience with background-job or workflow systems
- Experience with AWS services such as SQS and EKS
- Experience with infrastructure tools such as Kubernetes and Terraform
- Experience improving test performance and CI systems
What you get
- Equity to employees
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits with company contributions
- Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Paid time off including sick leave and holidays
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of the tech stack beyond Ruby and related tools
- The role involves significant collaboration with other teams, which may require strong interpersonal skills
- The job level and compensation are based on various factors, indicating potential variability in offers
Summarised from Figma's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Figma on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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