Technical Sourcer, ML/AI

Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, design and build better products — from start to finish. Whether it’s consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come make with us!

We are so excited to grow our Talent team! We’re looking to hire a Technical Sourcer who will be primarily focused on Figma’s ML/AI Engineering sourcing strategy and execution.You’ll be a strategic partner to engineering leadership and a valued member of our recruiting team. There is a significant impact opportunity on our recruiting team for someone with ML/AI expertise to drive market insights to the business while developing sourcing strategies to identify, engage, and attract top ML/AI engineering experts to Figma. This role will allow you to build positive relationships, exude our values, and contribute to our org-wide sourcing best practices and processes.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

What you’ll do at Figma:

• Strategic talent mapping of the ML/AI industry and competitive landscape
• Partner with engineering leaders to develop sourcing strategies for key technical roles
• Craft thoughtful candidate outreach messaging to engage passive engineering talent
• Develop a deep understanding of Figma’s business and products, and communicate them effectively with candidates
• Act as a direct extension of our engineering team and primary touchpoint for candidates from initial outreach until the onsite interview, ensuring an excellent candidate experience
• Utilize various sourcing techniques and creative strategies to build a consistent and diverse pipeline of qualified candidates
• Take a highly organized approach to candidate tracking and funnel metrics
• Effectively lead and contribute to cross-functional team projects

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• 5+ years of experience sourcing Software Engineering talent across a range of specializations, including Machine Learning + Artificial Intelligence
• Deep experience with engineering communities, along with the bleeding-edge ML + AI trends
• Demonstrated success in hiring top technical talent at a premier tech company and/or high-growth startup

While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• A track record of managing a healthy volume of candidates with a high rate of responsiveness and care to both internal stakeholders and candidates
• Used Figma’s products! 
• Programming experience, or have taken courses in Computer Science
• Deep passion for Artificial Intelligence and its potential to positively impact humans
• Experience using Gem
• Heart for belonging and inclusion

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.  

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information. 

Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement.  Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. You may view our Pay Transparency Policy by clicking on the corresponding link.

Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):$131,000—$253,000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace – we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to [email protected]. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities. 

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to: 

• Holding interviews in an accessible location
• Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
• Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
• Changing the mode or format of interviews 

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