Web Developer

Figma

San Francisco, CA

Full Time

Senior

about 2 months ago

Job Description

About the Role

As a Web Developer at Figma, you will play a vital role in building and maintaining our web platform. You will be responsible for working with a multi-functional team of designers, marketers, data scientists, and engineers to develop and maintain Figma's marketing site, designsystems.com, and event sites. You will work with modern web technologies including React, NextJS, Gatsby, Typescript, GraphQL, headless CMS (Sanity/Contentful), and other NodeJS frameworks. Your role will also include collaborating on OKR planning, roadmapping, onboarding new team members, and leading vendor relationships. This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

Key Responsibilities

Be a core contributor to the back-end and front-end development, optimization, and infrastructure of the Figma marketing website
Collaborate closely with Engineering, Growth, Brand, and SEO teams to ensure reliable, performant, accessible, and secure sites
Design and implement scalable web architecture and systems in partnership with our Security and Infrastructure Engineering teams
Act as a bridge between the marketing web team and our security and infrastructure groups - surfacing needs, sharing context, and facilitating cross-functional improvements through implementation and thorough documentation
Lead projects end-to-end - maintaining timelines, stakeholder expectations, ticket triaging, and regularly presenting with teammates and leadership
Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to other engineers on the team
Mentor team members, support new hires during onboarding, and provide technical guidance to technical and non-technical collaborators
Create and maintain comprehensive testing strategies and make recommendations for the latest web technologies and improvements

Requirements

5+ years of development experience using React, Node.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Typescript
3+ years of development experience in frameworks (NextJS, Gatsby), and headless content management systems (Sanity, Contentful)
Experience with QA and testing, server rendered and statically generated sites
Understanding of site security, database operation/management, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD strategy, and deployment processes
Experience with caching and web optimization techniques while using Agile development methodologies

Nice to Have

Demonstrable understanding of conversion rate optimization standard methodologies, using A/B testing to achieve results
Experience working on SEO-driven projects, localization, performance optimization, and experimentation

Working at Figma

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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