Software Engineer, Graphics & Media

Figma is a company dedicated to making design accessible to all, and they are seeking a Software Engineer for their Graphics & Media team. The role involves working on client-side code related to media processing and playback, collaborating with cross-functional teams to build new features and improve performance within the rendering engine.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with teammates and partners in Engineering, Product, Design, Marketing, User Research, and Data Science to build new features and achieve roadmap goals
• Supporting new client-side Media features (e.g. image processing pipelines)
• Improving the performance of media use cases (such as Image and Video) within the rendering engine
• End-to-end client support of new codecs/compression algorithms
• Error handling and network retry logicInterface with the rendering engine in scenarios of image and video rendering
• Drive guidance, quality, and standards for rendering at Figma, and explore opportunities that keep us on the bleeding edge of new capability and advancements
• Be a mentor and provide thoughtful feedback to your peers, and benefit from strong personal and professional mentorship opportunities yourself
• Contribute to org-wide initiatives like new hire onboarding, interview process development, and Belonging/Equity/Inclusion efforts
• Continue ramping and learning. The technical challenges you'll tackle on the Pixel Engine team are unique, fun, ambitious, and ever-evolving

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience shipping software with a specialization on Video/Image rendering & playback
• Experience with any of the following languages: C++, TypeScript, GLSL
• Experience working with web-based applications, browser performance, or real-time collaborative systems
• A track record of working collaboratively across teams and disciplines to deliver complex technical projects