Manager, Software Engineering - AI Product

Salary: £36,000 - 76,000 per year

Requirements

• We need 2+ years of experience managing software engineers working on products used by external users.
• We are looking for a proven track record of building AI-powered products, both as a manager and individual contributor, with best-in-class user experience.
• We need demonstrated ability to connect product and engineering work to clear business impact.
• We look for leadership experience in building a high-performing and highly engaged engineering team, including mentoring and growing senior engineers.
• We need strong ability to build and operate fast-moving teams that balance innovation with execution.
• We value genuine curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging AI technologies and their application to user-facing products.
• It is a plus if you have experience building large-scale systems using React, C++, and/or Ruby.
• It is a plus if you have experience building and maintaining open source software and/or libraries for developers.
• It is a plus if you have knowledge and experience in generative AI, RAG, fine-tuning, and their application to creative products.

Responsibilities

• We manage and support a team of product engineers focused on building and expanding our developer offerings, including Dev Mode, MCP, Code Connect, and more.
• We partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders to coordinate work across product, design, engineering, and other functions.
• We define strategy and roadmap for our team and execute on it with a high degree of autonomy, velocity, and craftsmanship.
• We provide hands-on technical leadership to our teams and collaborators to ensure a cohesive product experience and the right technical abstractions.
• We recruit, mentor, and retain high-performing engineers, and help with other cross-functional roles.
• We foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and calculated risk-taking.
• We help build and drive inclusive and diverse initiatives through hiring, community events, and other programs in partnership with teams across our company.

Technologies

• AI
• Figma
• Fine-tuning
• Frontend
• Support
• MCP
• RAG
• React
• Ruby

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We are Figma, a company on a mission to make design accessible to all. Our platform helps teams bring ideas to life, from brainstorming and prototyping to translating designs into code and iterating with AI, so they can streamline workflows, move faster, and collaborate in real time from anywhere in the world. We are hiring an Engineering Manager for our Developer Tools team, which builds solutions for frontend and full stack developers and is helping define the future of our developer offering. This is a full-time role based in our London hub or remotely in the UK. The role sits within one of our most exciting initiatives, combining design thinking, the latest AI developments, and open source developer tooling. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse culture, and we support growth, learning, and reasonable accommodations for candidates and employees.

last updated 34 week of 2026