Product Designer, AI Models

About the role

We're looking for an AI Model Designer to join our team and become the bridge connecting our AI research innovations with world-class design principles. In this unique role, you'll help us teach our models how to be better copilots for designers. You'll work across all our products to improve our AI models' design capabilities and oversee evaluation quality. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of design. As an arbiter of craft and taste, you'll help raise the ceiling for what designers can create with AI and shape the future of design tools. 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

• Collaborate closely with AI researchers to improve model performance from a design perspective
• Develop and document design principles and heuristics that can be used by our AI systems
• Build thorough methods to test and enhance the quality of AI-generated outputs
• Oversee the quality of our design evaluations and give guidance to external partners
• Be the bridge between the AI research team and designers, translating technical details for designers and design concepts for AI experts

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

• Experience developing design heuristics and design principles
• Experience leading design efforts for a suite of products or working on features that span multiple product lines
• Experience using AI models for design tasks, either coding or image models
• Proven track record in managing complex projects that involve collaboration across different teams and organizational boundaries
• Experience managing contractors and multiple projects on tight timelines
• Strong design background with excellent taste and attention to detail

Added plus if you also have:

• Background in creating or evaluating AI-generated designs
• Operational mindset with ability to improve processes
• Technical understanding of AI/ML concepts and how they apply to design
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and shaping open-ended challenges into clear goals
• Strong communication skills for explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Pay

Annual base salary range: $169,000 - $303,000 USD. If based in Figma's San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated above. 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. Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process, market demands, and specific work location. Figma offers equity to employees, as well as 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 and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles.