Figma
Large (~2,800)
GitLab
Large (~2,500)
Best For
Figma
Best for: Ambitious engineers who want world-class technical challenges on a beloved product
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Ratings
FigmaGitLab
3.7
3.9
Overall
3.1
3.9
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.0
Culture & Values
4.0
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.2
3.5
Senior Mgmt
3.5
3.7
Career Opps
👍 73% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Dylan Field)
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
Culture Values
Figma only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🪟 Transparent🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Shared
None
Pros & Cons
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
GitLab
- Best-in-class all-remote culture — truly async-first with genuine flexibility
- Radically transparent company with a public handbook and open processes
- Revenue organization has seen quota chaos and low morale
- Some leadership instability at the C-suite level
Bottom Line
Figma
Choose Figma if you want WebAssembly-level challenges on a product people love — but expect 60+ hour weeks during crunch.
GitLab
Choose GitLab if you want the gold standard of all-remote work with public handbook and async processes — but expect bureaucracy at scale and comp below top-tier.
Open Roles
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
GitLab — 195 jobs
💻 Engineering
79
💼 Sales / GTM
67
📋 Product
10
⚖️ Legal
5
📊 Data
4
🎨 Design
4
📣 Marketing
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚙️ Operations
2
Summary
Figma scores 3.7/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.1 work-life balance rating. GitLab scores 3.9/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
On the hiring front, Figma has 155 open roles and GitLab has 195 open roles.