Data Engineering at Figma
Roles, Comp & Culture
An L4 mid data engineer at Figma sits around $440K total comp from 9 verified salary datapoints. The primary Data Engineering tech consists of Dagster, Snowflake and dbt, according to current job listings. Figma pays data engineers above other Technology companies. Reviews put them at 3.6 on Glassdoor, a little below the middle of the pack. Employee sentiment at Figma reads neutral and employee happiness has held flat over the past year. Layoff risk scores low for the next 30 days. 11 data engineering roles are open right now.
Figma data engineer compensation
Each level's figure is the median of individual Figma offers at that level, so it reflects a typical outcome rather than an average pulled up by a few large packages. Total comp counts base salary plus equity and bonus annualized over the vest, and the range shown is the middle half of offers, with the top and bottom quarters trimmed off.
Figma employee sentiment, tracked weekly
Employee happiness for data engineers over the past year, so you can see which direction it is moving, not just where it sits today.
Recent Figma events
Layoffs, leadership changes, and other major moves at the company, with dates.
- Exec departureApr 2026Leadership change
Notable company events we track, with dates.
Figma data engineering tech stack
The languages, storage, and processing tools Figma data engineers actually work with, grouped by what they do. Tailor your system-design answers to this stack.
SQLFigma data engineer job openings
A live read on what they are hiring: open roles, recent postings, where, and at what level.
Design and build large-scale distributed data systems that power analytics, AI/ML, and business intelligence across Figma.
Develop a deep understanding of Figma’s core data models and optimize data pipelines for scale.
Own and evolve Figma’s ML and data platform, including model serving, feature pipelines, workflow orchestration, CI/CD for models, and production monitoring
Practice for the Figma loop
Round by round, the problems our model predicts for this company's interview. Rehearse the shapes their panels keep returning to.
Preparing for the Figma loop
The round-by-round process, example questions, and prep plan are on the interview guide.
Compare Figma with other data engineering employers
How the role, pay, and loop stack up against peer companies.
Prepare at Figma interview difficulty
- 01
Reading a solution is not the same as writing one
Every engineer who has frozen on a query they had read a dozen times knows the gap. The only preparation that closes it is producing the answer yourself, under time, before the interview does it for you
- 02
76% of hiring managers reject on the coding task, not the resume
From HackerRank's 2024 Developer Skills Report. Candidates who look strong on paper still fail the live screen if they haven't done timed, executable practice
- 03
5 problem shapes cover 80% of data engineer loops
Dedup, sessionization, top-N-per-group, slowly-changing dimensions, partition tricks. Writing the shapes by hand turns the unfamiliar into pattern recognition