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As a member of the Operations & Strategy team within Customer Operations & Support (COS), you'll own and evolve the systems that power our support organization. This role is ideal for a well-rounded systems admin with deep Zendesk expertise and experience with Decagon, who enjoys working across many tools and can jump in wherever the team needs support. You'll help keep our support systems stable, well-designed, and adaptable, while partnering across teams to implement changes that improve both customer and Specialist experience.
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:- Own and optimize the COS Zendesk environment, including workflows, business rules, automations, routing, permissions, and overall system health
- Lead improvements to ticket classification, queue design, backlog management, and skills-based routing to help Support scale
- Administer Decagon and its integration with Zendesk, including handoffs, escalations, and routing of AI-escalated tickets
- Serve as a hands-on admin across our broader support tooling, including Sprinklr, Gainsight, MaestroQA, Assembled, among others
- Evaluate and expand agent-facing AI capabilities, including Zendesk Copilot and other agent assist opportunities
- Own the lifecycle of systems changes, including requirements, design, testing, rollout, communication, and post-launch monitoring
- Create and maintain documentation across systems, including playbooks, operating procedures, change logs, and architecture diagrams
- 3+ years of experience as a Zendesk administrator or Business Systems Analyst supporting a customer or product support organization
- Deep hands-on experience with Zendesk workflows, routing, automations, business rules, queue architecture, and channel configuration, plus hands-on experience configuring Decagon and integrating it with Zendesk
- Experience administering or supporting multiple tools across a support ecosystem, and the ability to learn new systems quickly
- Experience leading systems changes independently or in partnership with Engineering, IT, Security, or Analytics
- Strong communication skills, ownership, and sound judgment, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders while maintaining a high bar for quality, documentation, and execution
- Zendesk Administrator certification
- Experience configuring skills-based routing, intelligent routing, or classification
- Experience with Zendesk Copilot, agent assist, or other AI-powered support tooling
- Admin experience with Sprinklr, Gainsight, MaestroQA, Assembled, or Salesforce
- Experience with APIs, webhooks, custom Zendesk apps, or scripting, plus SQL or analytics tools to evaluate workflow and tooling performance
Pay Transparency Disclosure
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.
Figma offers equity to employees, as well as a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision coverage; retirement benefits with company contributions; parental leave and reproductive or family planning support; mental health and wellness benefits; and paid time off. Figma provides paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the requirements of the Washington Minimum Wage Act and related regulations. Exempt employees are eligible for employer‑provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave. PTO is subject to manager approval. Additional benefits may include company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, and a number of lifestyle spending accounts. Figma also offers sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. All compensation and benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and may be modified by Figma at any time, consistent with applicable law.
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 [email protected]. 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.
Figma San Francisco, California, USA Office
Our San Francisco Hub is downtown, located near convenient transit options (MUNI + Bart), green spaces, and cafes.
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