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Join Figma as the Director of Software Engineering, Growth, where you'll lead teams focused on enhancing customer journeys and scaling product-led growth strategies through experimentation and collaboration.

Responsibilities: Build and manage a multi-team engineering organization to enhance customer acquisition, activation, and expansion; set strategic direction and align with company priorities; foster a strong engineering culture and drive outcomes through analytics and experimentation.

Skills: 8+ years of engineering leadership experience, knowledge of product-led growth and analytics, strong communication skills, and a proven ability to build inclusive teams.

Qualifications: Experience managing senior managers, familiarity with growth tooling, and a track record in global growth or product launches are preferred.

Location: Remote work available in the United States with options to work from San Francisco, CA or New York, NY.

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $180,000 - $260,000.

As the Director of Engineering, Growth at Figma, you will lead a cross-functional organization focused on accelerating Figma’s business across the entire customer journey—from first touch to enterprise expansion. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone excited to scale product-led and enterprise growth strategies, build infrastructure to support fast experimentation, and shape the company’s next stage of growth.

You’ll partner closely with Product, Design, Data, Marketing, and Sales to build an engineering organization that’s obsessed with learning, experimentation, and delivering customer value at scale.

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:

• Build and lead a multi-team organization responsible for the user journey through acquisition, activation, upgrades, expansion as well as platform teams that support these teams and cross functional partners like growth-platform, marketing tech platform
• Set strategic direction and ensure alignment with company-wide priorities
• Scale teams through recruiting, org design, and mentorship of engineering leaders and ICs
• Champion a strong engineering culture rooted in inclusivity, velocity, and technical excellence
• Drive measurable outcomes through experimentation, analytics, and customer insights
• Collaborate with executive stakeholders to identify new growth vectors and ensure platform leverage
• Figma is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture. We expect all of our leaders to play a role in helping to build and drive these initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs in partnership with teams across all of Figma

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• 8+ years of engineering leadership experience, including at least 2 years of experience managing senior managers and scaling multi-team orgs
• Deep experience in product-led growth, growth experimentation, and analytics
• Proven track record of building systems that support personalization, targeting, or A/B testing at scale
• Ability to partner deeply with Product, Design, Marketing, and Go-To-Market functions
• Passion for building inclusive teams that deliver customer impact and iterate quickly
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in cross-functional settings

While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• Experience supporting sales-assisted or enterprise monetization flows
• Familiarity with marketing infrastructure, data pipelines, and growth tooling
• Successful track record of launching and growing new product offerings
• Experience in global growth or international expansion

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.