Manager, Software Engineering - Observability
Core
Lead a team of engineers building and operating Figma's observability stack to ensure platform health, performance, and cost efficiency.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (Platform/Observability)
Builds
Core observability stack, instrumentation libraries, agents, operators, and cost attribution frameworks for Figma's platform.
Domain
SaaS / Distributed Systems / Observability
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Team leadership, distributed systems architecture, observability platform strategy, cost optimization, AI-driven anomaly detection, cross-functional alignment, technical mentorship
Preferred skills
Company-wide observability standards design, vendor negotiation, machine learning for operations, multi-language instrumentation, scaling engineering teams
Technologies
Datadog, OpenTelemetry, metrics, logs, distributed tracing, cloud environments
Responsibilities
Lead and grow a team of engineers; define technical strategy for instrumentation and cost transparency; implement AI-driven anomaly detection; establish cost attribution and budgeting frameworks; partner with infrastructure, product, finance, and security teams; optimize observability footprint and spend; coach and mentor engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC leader
