Figma Software Engineer Compensation
E3-E6 IC, Manager-Senior Director. Public since the 2025 IPO (NYSE: FIG) - RSUs are liquid. Design ladder pays within ~5% of SWE, the smallest gap in the dataset.
Ranges aggregated from publicly-available sources. Treat the median (p50) as roughly representative; quartile bands reflect negotiation range. Have specific data points or corrections? Send them in.
Company-specific notes
Figma went public in mid-2025 (NYSE: FIG) after the abandoned Adobe acquisition, so equity is now standard liquid RSUs vesting 25/25/25/25 - earlier private-phase tender-offer caveats no longer apply, though grant values still swing with a volatile newly-public stock. There is no annual cash bonus on either track. Engineering hiring concentrates on the C++/WebAssembly editor core, multiplayer infrastructure, and AI features; design is a first-class ladder paying within ~5% of SWE - the smallest design gap in this dataset.
Levels
E3
Software Engineer (New Grad)| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $150K | $162K | $175K | $190K |
| Equity (annualized) | $70K | $95K | $125K | $165K |
| Total comp | $220K | $255K | $300K | $355K |
Entry-level. Post-IPO grants are standard liquid RSUs (NYSE: FIG), vesting 25/25/25/25. No annual cash bonus on the IC track.
E4
Software Engineer II| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $175K | $190K | $207K | $225K |
| Equity (annualized) | $110K | $155K | $215K | $295K |
| Total comp | $285K | $345K | $420K | $520K |
Mid-level. The editor's C++/WebAssembly rendering core is the most selective (and best-paying) team; product-surface roles track the medians.
E5
Senior Software Engineer| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $200K | $218K | $237K | $258K |
| Equity (annualized) | $180K | $255K | $360K | $495K |
| Total comp | $380K | $475K | $595K | $755K |
Senior IC, the most-common external hire level. Comp now lands within ~5% of equivalent big-tech seniors since FIG grants became liquid.
E6
Staff Software Engineer| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $225K | $243K | $263K | $285K |
| Equity (annualized) | $280K | $400K | $565K | $790K |
| Total comp | $505K | $645K | $830K | $1.07M |
Staff IC. Small org means staff engineers own company-level systems (multiplayer sync, rendering, AI features). Limited band above this.
Primary sources
- ·Levels.fyi (public reports, Figma data points)
- ·CA Pay Transparency postings (Figma SF)
- ·NY Pay Transparency postings (Figma NYC)
- ·Public Figma career-page postings
- ·Comprehensive.io aggregated data
Cross-referenced against public reporting, state pay-transparency postings, and triangulated where source ranges disagreed. Last refresh: June 2026.
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