Product Designer, Core Experience
About The Position
Figma is seeking an experienced Product Designer for its Core Experience team, which shapes how people create in Figma through foundational tools such as Auto Layout and Text, along with intuitive and precise canvas interactions. The designer will lead major efforts across the core editor and help define how it evolves as AI and code change how people build products. The role combines strategic direction with hands-on design. Working with engineering, product, research, and design partners, you will turn ambiguity into clear proposals and everyday experiences, applying strong interaction design craft and curiosity about complex systems. You will explore how direct manipulation, AI, and code can work together while helping people retain creative control. This is a full-time role based at a Figma US hub or remotely within the United States. The position offers an annual base salary range of $169,000–$303,000 USD, with the final level and compensation determined by factors including qualifications, experience, impact, role scope, and work location. Figma also offers equity and a competitive benefits package. Hired candidates must attend in-person onboarding.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of product design experience, including leading complex software projects from early exploration through launch and iteration.
- A portfolio of shipped work demonstrating interaction design and visual craft, including examples of making sophisticated workflows easier to understand and use.
- Ability to guide decisions with structured thinking, clear rationale, and user-centered research.
- Ability to resolve ambiguous problems in complex systems and shape them into simple solutions with clear goals.
- Experience researching, prototyping, or building products with AI and other emerging tools to uncover patterns for creativity and collaboration.
Nice To Haves
- Experience designing creative tools, editors, canvas interfaces, or products with rich direct-manipulation interactions.
- A design/development hybrid background or experience building websites or apps.
- Experience working on canvas-based interfaces or tools that support creative workflows.
- Experience with code-based prototyping, front-end development, or workflows connecting design and implementation.
Responsibilities
- Lead design of core editor experiences, including Auto Layout, Text, and canvas interactions, from opportunity identification through prototyping, launch, and iteration.
- Define and champion a vision for the evolution of the editor, translating it into proposals, design principles, and priorities with product and engineering partners.
- Explore how direct manipulation, AI, and code can work together, prototyping ways for users to generate, edit, and refine work while retaining creative control.
- Use user research, product data, and observation of users to test assumptions and refine design decisions.
- Contribute to the design organization by participating in critiques, mentoring peers, and sharing best practices across teams.
Benefits
- Equity
- Health coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Retirement benefits with company contributions
- Parental leave
- Reproductive or family planning support
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Paid time off, including employer-provided flexible PTO for eligible exempt employees
- Paid sick leave and holidays
- Company recharge days may be available
- Cell phone and home internet reimbursements may be available
- Lifestyle spending accounts may be available
- Annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
