Software Engineer, AI Product (Remote)

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Job Summary:

Figma is a collaborative design tool that enables teams to create, prototype, and test digital products on one platform. They are seeking an accomplished AI Product Engineer to lead AI efforts from inception to implementation, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance user experience and develop generative AI products.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of early-phase AI systems to enhance user experience and develop systems to measure and improve AI performance and relevance

• Direct the future of AI at Figma in collaboration with cross-functional teams of innovative software engineers, product managers, and data scientists

• Break down open-ended AI problems into engineering strategies utilizing machine learning, data analysis, and experimental design

• Provide mentorship and promote best practices in data and AI while cultivating a collaborative and inclusive team culture

• Contribute to the growth of the team by improving the hiring process and recruiting outstanding AI talent

Qualifications:

Required:

• 5+ years of experience of Software Engineering, with 1 or more years of developing generative AI products

• Comfort in prototyping and pathfinding new opportunities that led to successful 0→1 projects

• Proven experience implementing the full lifecycle of an early-phase AI development, from ideating on which models to use through productionizing and maintaining them

• Experience in developing deep product and business knowledge to connect abstract modeling and analysis tasks with business value

Preferred:

• Demonstrated expertise in AI indexing, retrieval systems, personalization, and/or natural language processing

• Proven track record of planning a multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder up to the long-term vision

• A relevant advanced degree (Masters or PhD) in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, or a related field

• A growth mindset and experience investing in the learning, development, belonging, and impact of your peers, ex. mentoring/aligning senior engineers across organizations

Company:

Figma is a collaborative design tool that enables teams to create, prototype, and test digital products on one platform. Founded in 2012, headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, team size 1001-5000 employees, currently Public Company. Figma has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.