Manager, Software Engineering - External Platform
New York, NY • United States · Remote · US · USD 258,000-376,000 / year · 3+ years experience · Remote · Posted Oct 19, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 3+ years experience
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- New York, NY • United States · Remote · US
- Salary
- USD 258,000-376,000 / year · Base salary
About the role
- External Platform builds and operates mission critical platforms that power how customers build on top of and with Figma.
- As an Engineering Manager on External Platform, you’ll lead a team of senior engineers working at the intersection of engineering, operations, and platform strategy.
Responsibilities
- Lead, grow, and support a team of engineers building foundational infrastructure for Figma’s AI products
- Partner with customers, engineering and product leaders from across Figma to define the team’s technical strategy and manage the day-to-day project execution
- Hire, coach, and develop senior and staff engineers to scale the team
- Roll up your sleeves to engage deeply with technical details and decisions as needed in order to help the team deliver on a robust AI platform with urgency
- Build an inclusive team and culture through thoughtful team-building and hiring practices
Requirements
- 3+ years of engineering management experience leading high-performing, fast-moving teams, ideally in the AI platform space
- 8+ years of total engineering experience, ideally reaching a staff engineering level as an individual contributor
- Experience managing platform teams with a focus on reliability and extensibility
- A proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and growing experienced engineering leads
- Experience building and scaling engineering teams and org structure as they grow
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with MCP Infrastructure and integrations
- Experience with LLM, AI gateways
- A background in adjacent infrastructure domains
Benefits
- 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
- Employer-provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave
- Company recharge days
- Cell phone and home internet reimbursements
- Lifestyle spending accounts
Skills
- MCP
- REST API
- LLM
- AI Gateways
