Brex
Large (~1,600)
Figma
Large (~2,800)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
Figma
Best for: Ambitious engineers who want world-class technical challenges on a beloved product
Ratings
BrexFigma
4.0
3.7
Overall
3.9
3.1
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.0
Culture & Values
4.0
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.2
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.5
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 73% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Dylan Field)
Culture Values
Brex only
🪟 Transparent
Figma only
No unique values
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
Pros & Cons
Brex
- Innovation-driven culture with incredibly smart, passionate, and supportive colleagues
- Strong benefits and time off actively encouraged with flexible scheduling
- Culture of overworking — many departments understaffed relative to workload expectations
- Multiple rounds of layoffs in recent years have created uncertainty and morale challenges
Figma
- World-class talent and technically ambitious problems — real-time multiplayer, WebAssembly rendering
- Strong product mission that employees genuinely believe in — Figma is loved by its users
- Work-life balance rated 3.1/5 — 60+ hour weeks common, especially near deadlines
- Hypergrowth growing pains — product suite doubled without proportional hiring
Bottom Line
Brex
Choose Brex if you want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues — but expect intense workloads and some organizational instability from recent layoffs.
Figma
Choose Figma if you want WebAssembly-level challenges on a product people love — but expect 60+ hour weeks during crunch.
Open Roles
Brex — 235 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
72
💻 Engineering
49
📋 Product
18
🎨 Design
15
📣 Marketing
14
👤 HR / People
13
📊 Data
10
⚖️ Legal
6
💰 Finance
3
⚙️ Operations
3
🎧 Support
2
Figma — 155 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
46
💻 Engineering
27
👤 HR / People
11
🎨 Design
9
📣 Marketing
6
⚖️ Legal
5
📊 Data
4
📋 Product
4
💰 Finance
2
🎧 Support
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
Summary
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Figma scores 3.7/5.0 overall with a 3.1 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. Brex also emphasizes Transparent.
On the hiring front, Brex has 235 open roles and Figma has 155 open roles.