Early Career, Software Engineer (2026)
Job Description
Position Overview
Figma is on a mission to make design accessible to all, helping teams streamline workflows and collaborate effectively. The Early Career Software Engineer will work closely with various teams to build new features and contribute to the company’s growth while engaging in a comprehensive onboarding program.
Key Responsibilities
- Be paired with an onboarding buddy on your team who will help you ramp in our codebase and get to know Figma
- Move from starter tasks meant to familiarize you with our workflows, to joining your teammates on larger projects
- Understand how we operate as a business through our comprehensive onboarding program, Figma Today
- Get to know your Figmates across the company!
- Work closely with teammates and partners in Product, Design, Marketing, User Research, and Data Science to build new features and achieve roadmap goals
- Craft performance objectives with your manager that align to company priorities and career development opportunities
- Help grow Figma by interviewing candidates for teams across the Engineering organization
Required Qualifications
- Solid technical knowledge of CS fundamentals and data structures
- Experience writing clean code in at least one general-purpose language (e.g., C++, JavaScript, Python, Java, etc.)
- Worked on projects through school, work, or personal exploration that required solving technical problems
- Excited to explore how systems are designed and operate, from infrastructure to UI
- Communicate well, ask great questions, and enjoy collaborating with others
- A growth mindset with an eagerness to learn and contribute not only to your engineering team but the entire organization
- Comfort with Figma products
Benefits & Perks
- 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
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Sales incentive pay for most sales roles
- An annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles
Company Information
Figma is a collaborative design tool that enables teams to create, prototype, and test digital products on one platform. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, Figma has a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Visit https://www.figma.com for more details.
Figma has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships (e.g., 39 in 2025, 27 in 2024, 32 in 2023, 35 in 2022, 16 in 2021, and 6 in 2020). Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.