Manager, Software Engineering - Infrastructure

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Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience managing and leading a high output platform or product teams in a complex technical domain, such as on distributed data systems or database internals
• 5+ years experience building and scaling distributed or storage systems as a technical hands on leader and/or as an individual contributor within a public cloud environment, such as AWS or GCP
• Hands-on experience with core data storage and streaming systems and technologies, such as Postgres, MySQL, Memcache, Redis, Kafka, Kinesis etc.
• Proven track record of motivating, mentoring, and guiding senior engineers
• Demonstrated experience with understanding the needs of our internal client teams and aligning roadmap to drive maximum business impact
• Experience safely evolving infrastructure that actively serves production traffic to heterogeneous clients

Responsibilities:

• Manage, support and grow a team of engineers who design and build scalable services to power Figma’s infrastructure.
• Partner with engineering leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects.
• Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization.
• Grow your career in an engaged and creative engineering community
• Figma is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and culture. We expect all of our leaders to play a role in helping to build and drive these initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs in partnership with teams across all of Figma.