About This Opportunity
Figma’s Code Platform team builds the foundational infrastructure for design ↔ code translation. This powers AI Assistant, Make, Sites, and other products. The work involves translation pipelines between HTML, JSX, structured design models, and LLM-friendly representations—directly impacting latency, correctness, and product velocity.
Why I’m Excited
- Design ↔ Code Translation - Literally describes my career trajectory
- AI-Powered Creation - Daily Claude Code user, understand LLM workflows
- Strategic Impact - “One of the most strategically important abstractions”
- Daily Figma User - Deep product understanding
- TypeScript Focus - My primary language
Key Qualifications Match
| Requirement | My Experience |
|---|---|
| 5+ years experience | 7 years |
| TypeScript/JavaScript | Primary stack, daily use |
| Modern frontend fundamentals | Strong |
| Declarative UI systems | Vue, Astro, component architectures |
| Design systems | Built and maintained at CCA |
| Cross-team platform work | Daily collaboration with design/PM |
Learning Areas (Honest)
| Area | Current Level |
|---|---|
| AST/code transformation | New - eager to learn |
| Compilation concepts | Foundational understanding |
| Rendering pipelines | WebGL experience helps |
| LLM representations | Strong from AI workflow experience |
Why This Role Fits Better Than General Full Stack
The Code Platform role is more specialized to my strengths:
- Design-to-code translation is my career story
- AI-assisted creation matches my daily practice
- Less backend depth required than general full stack
- More focus on the design-engineering intersection