✦ Luna Orbit — Software Engineering

Manager, Software Engineering - Search & Recommendations

at Figma

📍 San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States Onsite Posted March 19, 2026
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 8+ years
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

This role involves leading the development of search and recommendation infrastructure, building AI-powered features, and mentoring engineering teams to support Figma's platform scalability and performance.

  • Lead search and recommendation system development
  • Mentor engineering teams
  • Define technical strategy
  • Build scalable AI-powered search features
  • Collaborate across teams

The technical environment includes search infrastructure like OpenSearch and ElasticSearch, AI systems, large language models, and scalable infrastructure for recommendation and search features, with a focus on leadership and strategy.

The ideal candidate is a senior engineering leader with over 8 years of experience in building search, recommendation, or AI systems, with expertise in search infrastructure, leadership, and mentoring skills, capable of guiding technical strategy.

8+ years of engineering experiencebuilding searchrecommendationor AI systemsleadership experiencementoring skillsexperience with search infrastructure
OpenSearchElasticSearchLLMs at production scale
OpenSearchElasticSearch
search systemsrecommendation systemsAI systemsLLMsOpenSearchElasticSearchinfrastructuremodel developmentscalingsearch infrastructure
search systemsrecommendation systemsAI systemsLLMsOpenSearchElasticSearchinfrastructuremodel developmentscalingsearch infrastructure
leadershipmentoringtechnical strategycollaborationproblem-solving
Industry SaaS
Job Function Lead the development and scaling of search and AI recommendation systems
Role Subtype Search & Recommendations Engineering Lead
Tech Domains ElasticSearch, OpenSearch, Python, Cloud infrastructure, Data science
search systemsrecommendation systemsAI systemsLLMsOpenSearchElasticSearchsearch infrastructureinfrastructuremodel developmentscalingAI engineeringleadershipmentoringfull stacksoftware engineeringcloud infrastructuredata sciencerecommendation algorithmsAI modelsscalability

Less than 8 years of experience, No leadership or mentoring experience, Lack of experience with search or AI systems, Onsite only, no remote options

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