Software Engineer - Search Platform - Remote

Overview

Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. The Search Platform team builds the infrastructure powering Figma’s search capabilities, including innovations like visual search in the Figma AI bundle. As an engineer on the team, you'll have the opportunity to work on impactful projects like a low-code indexing solution that empowers various product teams to index new data sets and iterate rapidly.

In Short

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and efficient infrastructure for Figma’s search platform.
• Improve the internal developer experience of working with search.
• Collaborate with product teams to ensure seamless integration of search infrastructure.
• Contribute to the development of a new unified search indexing and backfilling pipeline.
• Enhance observability and monitoring of search clusters.
• Participate in setting the technical direction for search technologies.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in building and scaling distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in search engine technologies such as OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, or Solr.
• Knowledge of search algorithms, indexing, and query processing.
• Proficiency in optimizing search performance.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• The ability to communicate complex topics effectively.

Benefits

• Equity to employees.
• Competitive package of additional benefits.
• Health, dental & vision insurance.
• Retirement with company contribution.
• Parental leave & reproductive support.
• Mental health & wellness benefits.
• Generous PTO and company recharge days.
• Learning & development stipend.
• Work from home stipend.
• Cell phone reimbursement.