Early Career, Software Engineer (2026)
Figma· San Francisco, USA or New York, USA
Posted November 9, 2026
- Experience
- Not specified
- Pay
- $155K per year
- Education
- Not specified
- Location
- San Francisco, USA or New York, USA
- Work mode
- On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
About this role
Figma makes a collaborative design and prototyping platform. This early-career engineer joins a small team, gets an onboarding buddy, and moves from starter tasks to bigger projects with product, design and data teams.
What you will do
- Ramp up on the codebase with an onboarding buddy
- Take on starter tasks, then larger projects
- Work with Product, Design, Marketing, Research and Data Science
- Build new features for the roadmap
- Set performance goals with your manager
- Help interview engineering candidates
What the employer expects
- Solid CS fundamentals and data structures
- Clean code in at least one general-purpose language
- Projects from school, work or personal time that solved technical problems
- Interest in how systems work, from infrastructure to UI
- Good communication and teamwork
Benefits
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision
- Retirement plan with company contribution
- Parental leave and family planning support
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Generous PTO and company recharge days
- Learning stipend
- Work from home stipend
- Cell phone reimbursement
Skills
- C++
- JavaScript
- Python
- Java
- Data structures
- CS fundamentals
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