Contentful
Large (~1,000)
Figma
Large (~2,800)
Best For
Contentful
Best for: Backend and full-stack engineers who want to work on developer-facing content infrastructure with remote flexibility and an established product used by major brands
Figma
Best for: Ambitious engineers who want world-class technical challenges on a beloved product
Ratings
ContentfulFigma
3.4
3.7
Overall
3.8
3.1
Work-Life Balance
3.5
4.0
Culture & Values
3.4
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.2
3.2
Senior Mgmt
3.2
3.5
Career Opps
👍 68% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Jaspar Carmichael-Jack)
👍 73% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Dylan Field)
Culture Values
Contentful only
🌐 Remote-Friendly
Figma only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Contentful
- Flexible remote/hybrid setup with strong distributed team culture
- Talented and humble engineering team with approachable, responsive leadership
- Stagnating product development with competition overtaking in key areas
- Internal promotions are difficult with pay disparities between long-tenured and new hires
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
Contentful
Pioneer in headless CMS with genuine remote flexibility, but Glassdoor is below average (3.4, 68% recommend) — reviews mention leadership instability and limited career progression.
Figma
Choose Figma if you want WebAssembly-level challenges on a product people love — but expect 60+ hour weeks during crunch.
Open Roles
Contentful — 114 jobs
💻 Engineering
56
📋 Product
17
💼 Sales / GTM
13
📊 Data
6
📣 Marketing
4
🧠 ML / AI
2
⚖️ Legal
1
🎧 Support
1
Figma — 156 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
46
💻 Engineering
28
🎨 Design
11
👤 HR / People
11
⚖️ Legal
7
📣 Marketing
7
📋 Product
6
📊 Data
2
⚙️ Operations
2
💰 Finance
1
🧠 ML / AI
1
🎧 Support
1
Summary
Contentful scores 3.4/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 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: Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact. Contentful also emphasizes Remote-Friendly. Figma also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate.
On the hiring front, Contentful has 114 open roles and Figma has 156 open roles.