Manager, Software Engineering - DevEx AI Tools
$258,000–$376,000 year
Remote · United States
Job Summary
Lead and grow a team of engineers responsible for building and operating Figma's AI developer workflows and the cloud agent platform that powers them. Own the technical strategy and roadmap for AI Developer Experience across sandbox runtime infrastructure, cloud agent reliability, workflow orchestration, and org-wide agentic workflows. Hire and scale the team, establishing culture, cadence, and processes from the ground up. Drive reliability, observability, and scalability of the cloud agent platform to production-grade standards as adoption grows. Partner with product engineering, security, infrastructure, and DevEx teams to identify high-leverage opportunities and drive adoption. Evaluate and integrate emerging AI tools, models, and agent frameworks, making strategic bets on build vs. buy. Establish evaluation frameworks to measure quality, cost, and impact of AI-generated code and agentic workflows. Coach and mentor engineers through career development and performance feedback, fostering ownership, speed, and high-quality execution.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience managing infrastructure, platform, or developer experience engineering teams
- Strong software engineering background with Staff-level or above technical depth
- Experience with AI/ML systems, LLM-based workflows, or agent architectures
- Experience hiring, onboarding, and growing engineering teams
- Ability to set technical direction and make architectural decisions while balancing speed and sustainability
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