Software Engineer - Mobile Web

Summary

Figma is a design and collaboration platform that helps teams bring ideas to life and work together in real time. The Software Engineer - Mobile Web will build and maintain web interfaces and backend endpoints embedded in Figma’s mobile apps, guide web-first features into mobile experiences, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The role also involves user research, testing, releases, architecture documentation, peer feedback, and on-call support for native apps.

Responsibilities

• Work with PMs, designers, and native engineers to bring Figma’s most popular features to iPhone and Android
• Build, refine, and maintain the web user interfaces and backend endpoints that are embedded in Figma’s mobile apps
• Guide the evolution of new web-first features into powerful mobile-friendly experiences
• Participate in user research and testing to better understand our customers
• Share responsibility for testing, releasing, and maintaining our mobile apps
• Communicate and document architectural designs and requirements
• Provide thoughtful feedback to others on the team
• Participate in on-call and release shepherd duties for our native apps

Skills

• * 4+ years of professional experience building fullstack web-based mobile experiences
• * 2+ years of professional experience building native Android or iOS mobile applications
• * A strong understanding of mobile product development practices and web product development practices
• * Proactive communication skills and a desire to work in a collaborative environment with iOS, Android, and web engineers
• * A pragmatic approach to software development that delivers real user value through maintainable, performant code
• * A strong product sense and desire to deeply understand users
• * Enthusiasm for mentoring other engineers and helping shape engineering culture
• * Excitement to grow into new technology stacks
• * Experience influencing development practices across an engineering organization
• * Comfort with doing first draft UI designs in code that use established mobile UI/UX patterns

Qualifications

Must Haves

• * 4+ years of professional experience building fullstack web-based mobile experiences
• * 2+ years of professional experience building native Android or iOS mobile applications
• * A strong understanding of mobile product development practices and web product development practices
• * Proactive communication skills and a desire to work in a collaborative environment with iOS, Android, and web engineers
• * A pragmatic approach to software development that delivers real user value through maintainable, performant code
• * A strong product sense and desire to deeply understand users
• * Enthusiasm for mentoring other engineers and helping shape engineering culture

Nice to Haves

• * Excitement to grow into new technology stacks
• * Experience influencing development practices across an engineering organization
• * Comfort with doing first draft UI designs in code that use established mobile UI/UX patterns

Benefits

• Equity to employees
• Health coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Retirement benefits with company contributions
• Parental leave
• 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
• Employer-provided paid flexible PTO for exempt employees, in addition to flexible paid sick leave
• Company recharge days
• Cell phone and home internet reimbursements
• Lifestyle spending accounts
• Annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles