Manager, Web Development

We’re looking for a Manager, Web Development to lead our dedicated team of web developers. In this role, you’ll play a vital role in building and maintaining our web platform. You will collaborate with designers, marketers, data scientists, and engineers to develop and maintain Figma's web properties. These include the Figma.com, designsystems.com, and config.figma.com.

You'll work with a variety of modern web technologies including React, NextJS, Typescript, GraphQL, headless CMS (Sanity/Contentful/Payload) and other NodeJS based frameworks. Your role will also include collaborating on planning goals, roadmapping, and managing vendor relationships.

This is an ideal role for a leader who loves the intersection of design, content, and web and who wants to shape how Figma shows up in the world—with clarity and craft.

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:

Lead the Web Development team by removing blockers and providing guidance while empowering the team to drive technical decisions across Figma.com, config.figma.com, and designsystems.com
Hire, manage, support, and develop a team of engineers
Partner with cross-functional teams to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects
Manage complex projects from start to finish—maintaining timelines, collaborator expectations, ticket triaging, and regularly presenting with teammates and leadership
Collaborate closely with Engineering, Growth, Brand, and SEO teams to ensure reliable, performant, accessible, and secure sites
Act as a bridge between the marketing web team and our security and infrastructure groups — surfacing needs, sharing context, and facilitating cross-functional improvements through implementation and thorough documentation
Create and maintain comprehensive testing strategies and make recommendations for the latest web technologies and improvements
Mentor team members, support new hires during onboarding, and provide technical guidance to technical and non-technical collaborators

Details

Location

Remote

This is an ideal role for a leader who loves the intersection of design, content, and web and who wants to shape how Figma shows up in the world—with clarity and craft.

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:

Lead the Web Development team by removing blockers and providing guidance while empowering the team to drive technical decisions across Figma.com, config.figma.com, and designsystems.com
Hire, manage, support, and develop a team of engineers
Partner with cross-functional teams to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects
Manage complex projects from start to finish—maintaining timelines, collaborator expectations, ticket triaging, and regularly presenting with teammates and leadership
Collaborate closely with Engineering, Growth, Brand, and SEO teams to ensure reliable, performant, accessible, and secure sites
Act as a bridge between the marketing web team and our security and infrastructure groups — surfacing needs, sharing context, and facilitating cross-functional improvements through implementation and thorough documentation
Create and maintain comprehensive testing strategies and make recommendations for the latest web technologies and improvements
Mentor team members, support new hires during onboarding, and provide technical guidance to technical and non-technical collaborators