Role Description & Responsibilities
Data Analytics
About Figma
Figma is a high-growth technology leader building scalable solutions for global users. Millions of companies and teams rely on their infrastructure and services to execute high-value workflows, analyze massive datasets, and scale modern operations.
CadetX Candidate Advantage: As an applicant for this Data Analytics role, you are evaluated on practical proficiency with real-world query execution, data pipelines, and clear stakeholder communication.
CadetX Role Brief & Company Specifications
Role Mission & Impact
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.
Key Responsibilities & Day-to-Day Scope
- ✓ 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
- ✓ 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
Official Qualifications & Technical Requirements
- • 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
- • 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
Preferred Skills & Technology Stack
- + Experience working with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, or Amazon Redshift).
- + Familiarity with Git version control and collaborative code review workflows.
- + Demonstrated portfolio or capstone projects exhibiting practical end-to-end analytics problem solving.
Tech Stack & Tools in this role
Expected technical competencies for Day 1 productivity:
★ Life & Culture at Figma
Verified EmployerFigma champions rigorous analytical discipline, continuous learning, and low-ego teamwork. Team members enjoy flexible hybrid allowances, learning stipends, and structured mentorship to fast-track career mobility.