Early Career Recruiter

Figma
San Francisco; New York, US
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level recruiters with 4+ years of early career recruiting experience who thrive in cross-functional collaboration and event-driven talent engagement.

Best fit for

  • Recruiters with proven success in technical and non-technical full-cycle hiring
    — “owning full-cycle recruiting across both technical and non-technical roles
  • Candidates who excel at converting talent through immersive events
    — “Driving candidate engagement through in-person and virtual events
  • Professionals comfortable with frequent travel for recruitment initiatives
    — “The ability to travel for campus, regional, and Figma hub events

Things to consider

  • Position requires managing competing priorities across multiple pipelines
    — “managing competing priorities with consistent follow-through across recruiting cycles
  • Must build relationships across technical and non-technical teams
    — “Create strong and trusting relationships with all cross-functional teams

How to stand out

  • Showcase specific examples of inclusive hiring practices you've implemented
    — “A track record for creating inclusive practices across all early career functions
  • Highlight experience scaling early career programs, not just execution
    — “build and scale how Figma hires the next generation of talent
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • top-notch candidate experience
  • inclusive hiring practices
  • successful early career talent acquisition
Typical background
recruitingtalent acquisitionearly career programs

Skills & requirements

Required

Full-cycle RecruitingCandidate EngagementPipeline DevelopmentCross-functional Collaboration

Preferred

Figma Platform Knowledge

Stack & domain

Full-cycle RecruitingSourcing StrategyPipeline DevelopmentCandidate ExperienceHiring ManagersProgram PartnersCross-functional TeamsIn-person And Virtual EventsCandidate EngagementRecruiting CyclesTechnical And Non-technical RolesFigmaFigjamAi In HiringTeam ManagementCross-functional CollaborationRecruiting Cycles ManagementTechnical And Non-technical Roles UnderstandingFigma Platform KnowledgeAi Interview IntelligenceCandidate Experience ImprovementRecruiting Strategy DevelopmentPipeline BuildingCandidate SourcingHiring Managers PartnershipProgram Partners CollaborationCross-functional Teams CoordinationIn-person And Virtual Events PlanningCandidate Engagement EnhancementRecruiting Cycles Follow-throughTechnical And Non-technical Roles EvaluationFigma Platform FamiliarityAi Interview Intelligence UtilizationRecruitingSourcing

About the role

Original posting from Figma via Greenhouse

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!

The Early Career team at Figma is shaping the future by finding and nurturing the next generation of talent - Figma's future leaders! You'll play a key role on our Early Career Recruiting team, with end-to-end ownership of recruiting across (but not limited to) Software Engineering, Data Science & Data Engineering - from sourcing strategy and pipeline development to candidate experience and offer. You'll partner cross-functionally with hiring managers, program partners, and the broader Early Career Recruiting team to build and scale how Figma hires the next generation of talent.

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:

Manage full-cycle recruiting processes for interns and full-time candidates, ensuring a smooth, uniform, and top-notch candidate experience

Construct creative and inclusive hiring strategies to engage, source, evaluate, and hire top early career talent across Figma

Partner closely with leaders and hiring managers across technical and non-technical pipelines

Drive candidate engagement through in-person and virtual events, partnering with stakeholders to create compelling experiences that convert top talent

Create strong and trusting relationships with all cross-functional teams including but not limited to Data Science, Engineering, and People teams (Workplace, Onboarding, BEI, Business Partners)

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

4+ years of experience in full-cycle early career recruiting and programs, with a deep understanding of the early career lifecycle

A track record for creating inclusive practices across all early career functions

Proven track record of managing competing priorities with consistent follow-through across recruiting cycles

Demonstrated experience owning full-cycle recruiting across both technical and non-technical roles, from pipeline build to close

Experience driving candidate engagement through in-person and virtual recruiting events, from planning through execution

Collaborate with hiring managers across technical and non-technical pipelines to align on role requirements, candidate profiles, and hiring decisions

The ability to travel for campus, regional, and Figma hub events

While it's not required, it's an added plus if you also have:

Familiar with Figma & FigJam

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 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. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Annual Base Salary Range:$105,000—$210,000 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.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities. 

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to: 

Holding interviews in an accessible location

Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing

Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers

Changing the mode or format of interviews 

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Figma's Candidate Privacy Notice.

Source: Figma careers (Greenhouse)

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