Data Scientist, Platform
San Francisco, CA  / New York, NY  / Seattle, WA 
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Posted 20 days ago
Job Description

Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, design and build better products - from start to finish. Whether it's consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone-comemake with us!

We are looking for experienced Data Scientists to join our platform teams. In this role, you will use data to build a bridge between user experience and engineering systems, guide engineering roadmaps, and collaborate on goals around building a solid product foundation.
This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.
What You'll Be Doing:
  • Leverage data to understand how system availability, reliability, performance, and efficiency impacts user experience
  • Design and evaluate experiments to help teams quantify impact and inform future iteration
  • Design and surface metrics and frameworks to guide decision making
  • Develop new techniques, datasets, and tools that will enable answering previously unanswered questions and discovering new areas of opportunity
  • Design and maintain scalable data solutions that can be leveraged across multiple teams
  • Establish partnerships with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product, Research, Design, Sales, and Marketing
Teams we are currently hiring for:
  • Creation Engine: Creation Engine is a platform team thats work on some of the core technologies that power our real time, browser-based Figma Design and FigJam products. This team focuses on improving the performance and quality of our products, as well as building scalable tools that allow other feature teams to build performant and reliable features. The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys working closely with engineering teams and has a strong track record of using data to influence strategy.
We're looking for someone with:
  • 5+ years relevant work experience in Analytics, Data Science or Software Engineering
  • Fluency in SQL
  • Proficiency in Python, R or similar scripting language
  • Experience in distributed data processing systems (Hive, Redshift, Presto, Snowflake, etc)
  • Firm knowledge around statistical methods and experiment design
  • Excellent judgment and creative problem solving skills
  • A self-starting mindset along with strong communication and collaboration skills

Read more about our team:

  • https://www.figma.com/blog/cross-functional-data-science-user-research-figma/
  • https://www.figma.com/blog/how-we-use-data/
  • https://www.figma.com/blog/from-experiment-to-launch-how-data-shaped-a-new-comments-experience/

Pay Transparency Disclosure

If based in Figma's San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles. Figma's compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. You may view our Pay Transparency Policy by clicking on the corresponding link.

Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):
$144,000$308,000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:

  • Holding interviews in an accessible location
  • Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
  • Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
  • Changing the mode or format of interviews

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Job Summary
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Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Experience
1 to 5 years
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