FrontendGeneralTable-stakesAround since 2016
Figma
The dominant collaborative design tool for UI/UX work — where designers create mockups, prototypes, and design systems, and the handoff point frontend engineers work from when turning a design into real code.
Think of it like
Like the architect's blueprint a construction crew builds from — engineers aren't expected to draw it, but should be fluent in reading it.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Struggles to translate a Figma file into working code.
Senior sounds like
Is comfortable doing that translation and can describe what they typically have to ask the designer to clarify.
Ask them
“Walk me through how you go from a Figma file to shipped code — what do you usually have to ask the designer to clarify?”