About the company
Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI.
Responsibilities
- Partner across teams to define and track important metrics, develop experiments, and uncover insights that inform strategic decisions
- Accelerate Figma's experimentation platform and methodology, including A/B testing frameworks and causal inference techniques
- Construct models and analytical frameworks based on machine learning to support product, platform, and business initiatives
- Create tools, datasets, and systems that enable others to work with data more efficiently and rigorously
- Complete and own complex data projects end-to-end, from problem prioritisation to solution delivery
- Drive data quality, accessibility, and the democratization of data across the organization
Requirements
- PhD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Operations Research, Physics, or related) with a strong foundation in statistical methods, experimentation, and/or machine learning
- Fluency in SQL and proficiency in a scripting language like Python or R, with exposure to distributed data systems (e.g. Snowflake) through research or internships
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- A curious and rigorous mindset, with a passion for translating research into real-world impact
Conditions
- Full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States
- Annual base salary range: $170,000 - $178,000 USD
- Figma offers equity, health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, learning & development stipend, work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement.