Open Source Developer

Figma•San Francisco, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Figma is growing its team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! We’re looking for an Open Source Developer to help shape the future of extensible, collaborative tooling across product teams and represent Figma in the open source community. In this role, you’ll build and scale open-source-powered frameworks, developer tools, and user-facing features that enable teams—including large enterprises and CMS-driven organizations—to create, manage, and publish digital experiences more efficiently. You’ll work across modern web technologies, designing scalable front-end systems, contributing to open source ecosystems, and helping define how external developers and partners extend and integrate with Figma. If you’re excited about building impactful products in the open and engaging with developer communities, we’d love to hear from you. This is a full-time role that can be held from our New York City or San Francisco hub - or remotely in the United States.

Requirements

Demonstrated 2+ years of experience building and shipping production web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and React
Proficient in modern web tooling and software distribution (e.g., Next.js, Turbopack and bundlers, CI/CD, GitHub Actions)
Experienced in contributing to, maintaining, or actively participating in open source communities
Skilled at leading development of applications with complex data models and highly interactive user interfaces
Familiar with enterprise requirements such as scalability, security, governance, content management workflows, and design systems

Nice To Haves

Experience building with Payload, writing plugins, or contributing to Payload
Proven ability to design, build, and maintain extensible software (e.g., SDKs, plugins, APIs, or CMS integrations)
Knowledge of AI technologies or end developer tooling (AI SDK, RAG, Prompt Engineering)
Experience launching 0→1 products or developer-facing platforms
Demonstrated experience extending rich text editors like Lexical to build powerful UX flows

Responsibilities

Design, build, and ship high-quality features and frameworks using TypeScript/JavaScript and React, delivering performant, polished user experiences
Lead 0→1 open source initiatives from technical design and implementation through launch, documentation, and community adoption, including ongoing maintenance and community engagement
Architect scalable front-end systems that support complex data models, real-time collaboration, and CMS-driven or enterprise workflows
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Research, Marketing, and Developer Relations to shape roadmap priorities and drive ecosystem growth
Mentor teammates and elevate engineering craft through code reviews, design critiques, and knowledge sharing