Senior Counsel (London, United Kingdom)

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 a senior lawyer with strong experience advising on commercial and technology matters to join our legal team. You'll be working in an exciting and constantly evolving environment while establishing relationships cross-functionally with our sales, strategic partnerships, and other teams to close contracts with our customers and partners. 

This is a full time role that can be held from our London hub or remotely in the United Kingdom.

What you’ll do at Figma:

• Lead on complex, strategic deals, drafting and negotiating customer-facing agreements: software services agreements, data processing agreements, regulatory annexes, security documents and privacy policies

• Draft and negotiate distribution, reseller, professional services and referral agreements

• Act as a strategic adviser to key business partners on complex legal issues, working closely with Sales, Deal Desk, Revenue Recognition and other stakeholders

• Track emerging legal and regulatory developments, including the EU AI Act, and develop policy and risk positions where needed

• Work with Revenue Recognition, Security, Sales Operations and other teams so our agreements are consistent with Figma's policies and processes

• Mentor colleagues, including junior lawyers working with you on deals, and help improve our legal resources and know-how

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Are a UK-qualified solicitor, at least 6 years PQE with relevant experience reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial and technology agreements (for example enterprise sales agreements, data processing agreements and SaaS agreements) and partnership agreements (for example service partner, reseller and referral agreements)

• Build relationships and credibility easily, and enjoy partnering with others

• Work hard and stay comfortable in a fast-paced, fast-changing environment, whether the project is large or small

• Understand AI, privacy and other regulatory issues in commercial tech transactions

• Have experience using and advising on artificial intelligence

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

• Additional language skills, especially French and German

• A privacy qualification, such as CIPP/E

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.

At 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.

Application limits: To help candidates focus on the opportunities most relevant to their skills and experience, Figma limits the number and frequency of applications. These limits apply to all roles:

• Candidates may submit up to 5 applications during any rolling 30-day period.

• Candidates may not reapply to the same role while an application is active or within 90 days of receiving a rejection.

Once the applicable days has passed, candidates are welcome to apply again.