Figma Careers 2026: Hiring Process, Jam Sessions & Tips
Last updated: July 2026
What does a career at Figma look like in 2026, what product design opportunities are there, and how does the hiring process work? Here is everything you need, updated for 2026.
If you are looking for the best creative companies to work for, Figma still ranks near the top. Since its public launch in 2016, it grew from a scrappy browser-based design tool into the default for how the world builds software.
What is Figma, and what changed since 2023
Figma was founded in 2012 by Dylan Field and Evan Wallace while they were students at Brown University, with a simple idea sparked by WebGL: you could build powerful, collaborative creative tools right in the browser. It launched publicly in 2016 and quickly became the go-to for interface design and prototyping.
A lot has happened since this article first went out, so here is the honest, updated picture:
- The Adobe deal fell through. Adobe agreed to acquire Figma for roughly 20 billion dollars in 2022, but the deal was called off in December 2023 under regulatory pressure in Europe and the UK. Figma stayed independent.
- Figma went public. It listed on the NYSE in July 2025, one of the most closely watched tech IPOs of the year.
- The business is at real scale. Revenue crossed 1 billion dollars in fiscal 2025 and kept growing at roughly 40 percent, with the vast majority of the Fortune 500 now building in Figma.
- The product exploded beyond design. Figma is no longer just the editor. It now spans Figma Design, FigJam, Dev Mode, Figma Slides, Figma Sites, Figma Draw, Figma Buzz, Figma Make (its AI prompt-to-app tool), Figma Motion, and Figma Weave for generative image, video and motion.
- AI is now central. At Config 2026, Figma introduced code layers, motion and a Figma agent on the canvas. The interesting part for job seekers: rather than framing AI as replacing designers, Figma's bet is that designers move up a level, toward judgment, intent and taste. That is a useful lens for how they hire.
So this is a bigger, more ambitious company than the one described in older guides, hiring across product, design, engineering and AI. Ready to learn what it takes to get in?
Figma remote policy and hiring locations
Figma runs a hybrid model, with people choosing to associate with a hub or to work remote. Its home base is the San Francisco Bay Area, with additional hubs and remote-friendly roles across regions, historically including London, Berlin, Paris, Singapore and Tokyo, plus New York. The company has grown well beyond the 800 employees it had in 2022, across teams spanning Product, Design, Engineering, Product Support, Sales, Marketing, Talent, People, Business Development, Business Operations and an Early Career track where the internships live. Not near a hub? You can still set a job alert on Woody to catch Figma-like design roles.
What is it like to work at Figma
Figma is famous for using Figma for everything, not just design. Talent and people teams run performance reviews and career levels in FigJam, product managers use it for brainstorms and retrospectives, and marketing builds the brand and wireframes there too.
The design team's weekly rhythm has long looked like this: a light Monday warm-up to kick off the week, a team meeting to align on responsibilities and strategy, critique sessions where designers give each other feedback, a bi-weekly cooldown to reflect and play games, and unstructured lunch and coffee time to connect.
Figma also invests in your growth. New employees have historically received a copy of The Design of Everyday Things and gone through a Design 101 workshop led by design leadership, and the company uses clear, published career levels that weigh craft, communication, strategy and impact. In an AI-heavy 2026, that emphasis on judgment and craft matters more than ever.
Figma's hiring process for full-time hires and interns
Figma's design hiring process is structured and, in broad strokes, similar to many top tech companies. For full-time hires it usually runs in three phases:
- Phone screen: a first conversation to understand your background, a quick portfolio review, and what you want from your career. This is the same whether Figma reaches out to you or you apply.
- Interviews and a presentation: you meet five to six people from your prospective team and present your work, including a Jam Session (more on that below).
- Reference check and offer: if things go well, Figma runs a reference check and moves to an offer.
For interns, the main difference is that the process leans on conversations rather than full on-site loops.
Portfolio tips from Figma hiring managers
Your portfolio is your foot in the door for a design career at Figma. The long-standing advice from design leadership there:
- Choose quality over quantity. Show 2 or 3 projects that reveal the full journey of product development, ideally something you shipped.
- Give context in each case study: who was involved, the timeline, the constraints and the goals. You are evaluated on how you navigate these.
- Show the output, like a before and after, and focus on the parts you are proudest of. It is fine to discuss what went wrong and how you handled it.
- Show exploration: how you got to your ideas and what your process looked like.
- Make it easy to navigate.
What Figma's use case and Jam Sessions look like
Figma has historically avoided take-home exercises for designers, on the logic that a strong portfolio is enough. What they do instead is a Jam Session, which usually happens during interviews and comes in two flavors:
- A critique or live use case: take an existing product and poke at it together, discussing what works and what does not. It is a chance to see what collaborating together feels like.
- A creative exercise (around 45 minutes): take something that does not exist yet, and figure out the landscape, the design statement and a solution, for example designing the experience for a digital bus stop.
The best tip here is to step back and ask "what problem are we actually trying to solve?", and to ask your interviewers questions rather than rushing to a solution. The goal is to mimic real team life, with product managers and engineers challenging you. Remember, your portfolio still weighs more in the decision than the exercise.
Figma salaries
Figma pays at the top of the market. Based on ranges shared in job descriptions, indicative annual base salaries for roles based in the San Francisco or New York hubs have run around 175,000 to 308,000 dollars for senior and manager-level product roles, and around 131,000 to 308,000 dollars for product designers. These are indicative figures that vary by level, location and equity, and total compensation includes stock, so confirm the specifics per role and check Levels.fyi.
Conclusion
Figma in 2026 is a public, billion-dollar company reinventing itself around AI and an expanding product suite, which makes it a demanding but rewarding place for designers, PMs and engineers who love craft and collaboration. Explore product design jobs and product roles on Woody, browse Figma jobs on Woody, and create a job alert so new openings land in your inbox.
FAQs
Is Figma a good company to work for in 2026? Yes, for people who value craft and collaboration. Figma is now a public, billion-dollar company with a broad product suite, strong benefits and a design-led culture, though it is also a demanding, fast-moving environment.
Did Adobe buy Figma? No. Adobe agreed to acquire Figma for about 20 billion dollars in 2022, but the deal was called off in December 2023 under regulatory pressure. Figma stayed independent and went public on the NYSE in July 2025.
What is Figma's design hiring process? Typically a phone screen with a quick portfolio review, then interviews with five to six team members plus a presentation and a Jam Session, and finally a reference check and offer.
What is a Figma Jam Session? An interview exercise done live, either a critique of an existing product or a roughly 45-minute creative exercise designing something new, meant to mimic real collaborative team work.
How much do designers earn at Figma? Indicatively, product designer base salaries in the SF or NY hubs have ranged from around 131,000 to over 300,000 dollars depending on level, with total compensation including equity. Confirm per role.
How do I find jobs like Figma's? Browse Figma jobs and product design roles on Woody, and create a job alert to get similar openings as they appear.
