Product Designer, AI Models

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! 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 While it’s not required, it’s an 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 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 planni