Technical Recruiter, Data Science

Figma • San Francisco, NY

61d • Remote

About The Position

Figma is growing our 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 expanding our recruiting team to help bring on exceptional data scientists, machine-learning experts, research scientists, analysts, and technical leaders who will impact every corner of the business. We’re looking for a recruiter who is passionate about finding, engaging, and closing world-class data science talent — someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment and loves building strong partnerships with hiring managers. This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

Requirements

• 4+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting experience, with at least 2+ years focused on data/applied-science or ML/AI hiring
• Proven track record of independently sourcing, engaging, and closing candidates in competitive technical markets
• Deep familiarity with the data-science and applied-research ecosystem — tools, skill sets, communities, and evaluation approaches
• Experience partnering with cross-functional leaders and navigating complex, multi-stakeholder hiring processes
• Strong communication and storytelling skills—particularly in explaining role impact, team vision, and product context

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience hiring technical talent in a high-growth environment
• Knowledge of ATS/CRM tools like Greenhouse, Gem, or equivalent
• Experience hiring analytics, research-science or hybrid data/engineering profiles
• Familiarity with Figma or similar design and collaboration platforms

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for science & data engineering roles, managing everything from sourcing strategy to closing for both IC & Manager roles
• Partner directly with leaders to understand hiring needs and build effective search strategies
• Create compelling, personalized outreach to engage passive candidates across data and research communities, in particular at senior and staff levels
• Build and maintain healthy, forward-looking pipelines for high-priority and evergreen roles
• Provide an exceptional, consistent candidate experience throughout the interview process
• Influence and refine interview loops, evaluation rubrics, and hiring processes to ensure they are fair, efficient, and aligned with Figma’s values
• Communicate market insights, pipeline data, and recruiting trends to cross-functional partners
• Collaborate closely with other recruiters and recruiting ops to continuously improve team workflows, systems, and experimentation

Benefits

• Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement.
• Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees