Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience mid

Exp. Years 5+ years

Education Not specified

Category Cloud & Infrastructure

About this role

Figma is hiring a backend engineer to design and operate scalable, reliable infrastructure systems supporting product development. The role involves working with distributed systems, cloud platforms, and storage solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Design scalable backend systems
Build and maintain APIs
Optimize system reliability
Collaborate on infrastructure strategy
Implement orchestration pipelines

Technical Overview

The role involves building distributed backend systems using cloud-native technologies, focusing on scalability, reliability, and orchestration, with proficiency in Go, TypeScript, Rust, or Ruby.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a mid-level backend infrastructure engineer with over 5 years of experience in distributed systems, cloud-native environments, and storage solutions. They excel in designing scalable, reliable systems and collaborating across teams.

Must-Have Skills

5+ years software engineering experienceDeep understanding of distributed systemsExperience with cloud-native environmentsProficiency in GoTypeScriptRustor RubyExperience with storage systems

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with event-driven architecturesKnowledge of container orchestrationExperience with API designExperience with system resilience

Tools & Platforms

AWSGoogle Cloud PlatformAzurePostgresRedisS3DynamoDB

Required Skills

distributed systemsbackend engineeringAPIsscalabilityservice reliabilityorchestration pipelinescloud-native environmentsAWSGCPAzureGoTypeScriptRustRubystorage systemsPostgresRedisS3DynamoDBcontainer orchestration

Hard Skills

Distributed SystemsBackend EngineeringAPIsScalabilityService ReliabilityOrchestration PipelinesCloud-native EnvironmentsAWSGCPAzureGoTypeScriptRustRubyStorage SystemsPostgresRedisS3DynamoDBContainer Orchestration

Soft Skills

CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingTeamworkTechnical Excellence

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS

Job Function Developing scalable backend infrastructure for Figma's tools

Role Subtype Infrastructure Engineer

Tech Domains Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, PostgreSQL, Redis, S3, DynamoDB

Keywords for Your Resume

distributed systemsbackend engineeringapisscalabilityservice reliabilityorchestration pipelinescloud-native environmentsawsgcpazuregotypescriptrustrubystorage systemspostgresrediss3dynamodbcontainer orchestration

Deal Breakers

Less than 5 years experience, No experience with distributed systems, Lack of cloud-native environment experience, No proficiency in Go, TypeScript, Rust, or Ruby

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