PhD Intern, Software Engineer - Interaction Design (2027)
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY · Software engineering · posted 5 days ago
Figma · New York, NY · posted 11 days ago
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| Employer | Figma |
|---|---|
| Location | New York, New York |
| Field | Technology › Software engineering |
| Level | not stated |
| Source category | Engineering |
| Posted | 2026-10-29 (11 days ago) |
| Work arrangement | On-site at the location listed |
| Pay | Not published in the source listing |
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. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!
As the Engineering Manager for Design Systems Adherence, you'll lead the team building the workflows, tools, and quality feedback loops that help customers create design and code that correctly adheres to their design system when working with Figma’s Agents. This work spans context engineering i.e making guidelines, examples, and documentation useful to AI, agent architecture improvements as well as creating datasets, evaluators, and benchmarks that show how well outputs follow a customer's design system. You'll set strategy across these areas, raise the bar on adherence measurement, and turn evaluation results and customer feedback into feedback loops that make design quality better.
This is a high-impact opportunity to shape Figma's Agent and improve overall design quality. An organization’s Design System is one of the key differentiators of design quality as we can use it to make agent output adhere to their specific brand, products and design language. We are also aiming to solve Design <> Code parity and minimize drift away from the defined design system in both code and designs.
This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.
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.
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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.
Figma offers equity to employees, as well as a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision coverage; retirement benefits with company contributions; parental leave and reproductive or family planning support; mental health and wellness benefits; and paid time off. Figma provides paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the requirements of the Washington Minimum Wage Act and related regulations. Exempt employees are eligible for employer‑provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave. PTO is subject to manager approval. Additional benefits may include company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, and a number of lifestyle spending accounts. Figma also offers sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. All compensation and benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and may be modified by Figma at any time, consistent with applicable law.
Annual Base Salary Range:$258,000—$376,000 USDAt 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.
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New York has 8,483,844 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 42.7% of the population of New York. It covers 300 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 28,236 people per square mile. The median age is 38.2, 4% younger than the state median (38.2 against 39.8).
The median gross rent is $1,821 a month (rent plus utilities), 12% above the state median ($1,821 against $1,621). Over a year that is 27.2% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $777,600, which is 9.7 times the median household income ($80,483); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 32.8% of households own their home, 40% below the state average (32.8% against 54.4%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.
The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area has 9,492,000 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $61,430 a year, 20% above the national median ($61,430 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (1,109,360 jobs, median $55,080); healthcare support (843,730 jobs, median $40,100); sales and related (751,110 jobs, median $47,540). The area is most specialised in healthcare support (1.8 times) and legal (1.7 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($171,990) and legal ($150,990). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Kings County was 5.3%. 63.1% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Kings County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.
Among workers, 21.6% drive alone, 44.0% use public transit, 9.2% walk, 16.9% work from home. 41.2% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 50% above the state average (41.2% against 27.4%).
41.6% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 4% above the state share (41.6% against 40.2%). 36.6% of residents were born outside the United States, 61% above the state share (36.6% against 22.8%). The poverty rate is 17.9%, 28% above the state rate (17.9% against 14.0%).
The warmest month is Jul, averaging 75°F (23.7°C), and the coolest is Jan at 34°F (1.1°C). About 1,313 mm (52 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Dec is the wettest month (133 mm) and Feb the driest (95 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.
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| Place ⇅ | Distance from the job city ⇅ | Median rent ⇅ | Median home value ⇅ | Median household income ⇅ | Commute 45+ min ⇅ | Rent as % of occupation pay ⇅ | Open jobs there ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 0 mi | $1,821 | $777,600 | $80,483 | 41.2% | n/a | Jobs |
| Hoboken, NJ | 7 mi | $2,938 | $895,100 | $180,579 | 38.7% | n/a | — |
| Jersey City, NJ | 7 mi | $2,007 | $566,900 | $97,710 | 36.0% | n/a | Jobs |
| Union City, NJ | 9 mi | $1,537 | $471,600 | $64,310 | 27.9% | n/a | — |
| Bayonne, NJ | 9 mi | $1,682 | $460,100 | $83,887 | 31.0% | n/a | — |
| West New York, NJ | 9 mi | $1,716 | $465,600 | $71,729 | 30.6% | n/a | — |
| Secaucus, NJ | 11 mi | $2,391 | $571,900 | $139,821 | 33.9% | n/a | Jobs |
| Cliffside Park, NJ | 11 mi | $1,837 | $588,200 | $93,452 | 33.1% | n/a | — |
| Edgewater, NJ | 11 mi | $2,579 | $715,700 | $124,050 | 43.6% | n/a | — |
| Fairview, NJ | 11 mi | $1,694 | $511,400 | $63,606 | 25.4% | n/a | — |
| Kearny, NJ | 11 mi | $1,720 | $459,400 | $79,154 | 26.6% | n/a | — |
| Woodmere, NY | 12 mi | $2,720 | $975,400 | $172,537 | 45.7% | n/a | — |
| North Valley Stream, NY | 12 mi | $3,059 | $613,800 | $142,733 | 36.1% | n/a | — |
| Valley Stream, NY | 12 mi | $2,124 | $616,100 | $133,190 | 34.5% | n/a | — |
| Elmont, NY | 12 mi | $2,209 | $602,900 | $114,217 | 35.9% | n/a | — |
| Harrison, NJ | 13 mi | $2,226 | $505,800 | $93,013 | 42.0% | n/a | — |
| Newark, NJ | 13 mi | $1,392 | $373,700 | $52,060 | 25.1% | n/a | Jobs |
| North Arlington, NJ | 13 mi | $1,738 | $474,500 | $94,201 | 29.5% | n/a | — |
| Floral Park, NY | 13 mi | $2,243 | $789,600 | $150,084 | 32.3% | n/a | — |
| Fort Lee, NJ | 13 mi | $2,270 | $448,000 | $107,274 | 34.3% | n/a | — |
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How far New York, NY is from the 20 largest US cities, in straight-line miles (not driving distance). Click a column to sort.
| From ⇅ | Straight-line distance (miles) ⇅ | Population of that city ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 0 mi | 8,483,844 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 77 mi | 1,579,706 |
| Columbus, OH | 479 mi | 914,802 |
| Charlotte, NC | 532 mi | 903,844 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 646 mi | 885,860 |
| Chicago, IL | 718 mi | 2,711,226 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 834 mi | 977,670 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 1,327 mi | 697,125 |
| Dallas, TX | 1,371 mi | 1,307,930 |
| Fort Worth, TX | 1,401 mi | 963,194 |
| Houston, TX | 1,419 mi | 2,328,253 |
| Austin, TX | 1,512 mi | 979,539 |
| San Antonio, TX | 1,583 mi | 1,479,835 |
| Denver, CO | 1,625 mi | 718,877 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 2,141 mi | 1,642,323 |
| Seattle, WA | 2,407 mi | 754,195 |
| San Diego, CA | 2,427 mi | 1,389,526 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 2,459 mi | 3,857,263 |
| San Jose, CA | 2,550 mi | 990,138 |
| San Francisco, CA | 2,602 mi | 830,235 |
| City ⇅ | Straight-line distance ⇅ | Open jobs ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn, NY | 1 mi | 16 |
| Jersey City, NJ | 7 mi | 108 |
| Manhattan, NY | 8 mi | 5 |
| Iselin, NJ | 21 mi | 2 |
| Mahwah, NJ | 31 mi | 2 |
| Deer Park, NY | 33 mi | 17 |
| Darien, CT | 38 mi | 11 |
| Lakewood, NJ | 42 mi | 2 |
| Marlton, NJ | 74 mi | 13 |
| Bethlehem, PA | 75 mi | 3 |
| Fort Washington, PA | 75 mi | 2 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 77 mi | 208 |
| Atlantic City, NJ | 93 mi | 5 |
| Wilmington, DE | 106 mi | 6 |
| Newark, DE | 118 mi | 8 |
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