Product Designer, Design, Dev, & AI Tools

Summary

Figma is a design and collaboration software company whose platform helps teams create, prototype, translate designs into code, and work with AI. The Product Designer will shape product direction, design and ship high-quality features, and collaborate with product, engineering, design, and research teams across areas including the Figma Editor, AI, Interactivity, Design Systems, and Dev Tools.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to overall strategy and decision-making about product direction
• Help deliver and refine clear storytelling around product needs and opportunities
• Work cross-functionally with product management, engineering, design, and research peers
• Create and iterate on flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals, as well as provide thoughtful feedback for others doing the same so you can all do your best work
• Design and ship high-quality features and product improvements in Figma’s core product surfaces
• Contribute to our design org’s culture by participating in design critiques, mentoring peers, and sharing best practices across teams

Skills

• 3+ years of experience designing UX and UI for a software product of similar scale and complexity
• Great attention to detail and a strong eye for visual craft, such as composition, typography, and layout
• Fluency in interaction design and prototyping, to express and refine nuanced design decisions
• A track record of independently driving design processes from discovery through launch—balancing user needs, technical constraints, and business goals
• The ability to guide decision-making with structured thinking, clearly articulated rationale, and user-centered research
• A knack for figuring out ambiguous problems in complex systems, and shaping them into simple solutions with clear goals
• Experience researching, prototyping, or building products with AI and other emerging tools to uncover new patterns for creativity and collaboration
• Familiarity with web technologies like HTML/CSS, prototyping tools such as Origami, or advanced Figma features like Auto Layout, Variables, and Components
• A design/development hybrid background, or experience building websites or apps
• A history of working on canvas-based interfaces or tools that support creative workflows
• Prior work involving design systems, like creating, maintaining, or contributing to a design system

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3+ years of experience designing UX and UI for a software product of similar scale and complexity
• Great attention to detail and a strong eye for visual craft, such as composition, typography, and layout
• Fluency in interaction design and prototyping, to express and refine nuanced design decisions
• A track record of independently driving design processes from discovery through launch—balancing user needs, technical constraints, and business goals
• The ability to guide decision-making with structured thinking, clearly articulated rationale, and user-centered research
• A knack for figuring out ambiguous problems in complex systems, and shaping them into simple solutions with clear goals
• Experience researching, prototyping, or building products with AI and other emerging tools to uncover new patterns for creativity and collaboration

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with web technologies like HTML/CSS, prototyping tools such as Origami, or advanced Figma features like Auto Layout, Variables, and Components
• A design/development hybrid background, or experience building websites or apps
• A history of working on canvas-based interfaces or tools that support creative workflows
• Prior work involving design systems, like creating, maintaining, or contributing to a design system

Benefits

• This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.
• 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
• Paid sick leave
• Holidays and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws
• Exempt employees are eligible for employer-provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave
• Company recharge days
• Cell phone and home internet reimbursements
• Lifestyle spending accounts
• An annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles