Building the engine while flying the plane — launching the Figma MCP server
Jesse Lumarie
- When
- Tuesday, June 3011:10 AM – 11:30 AM · 20 min
- Where
- Leadership 1San Francisco, CA · imported from ai.engineer's public schedule feed
About this session
What does it actually take to go from a vague idea to a production-ready AI system that people depend on? In this talk, I’ll walk through the real story of building Figma’s MCP server as a founding engineer whilst the MCP spec evolved—starting from early prototypes, through dead ends and architectural pivots, to launching both the initial product, creating new tools and eventually a fully remote server.
Speaker
Software Engineer, Figma
Jesse Lumarie is a software engineer building AI tools and integrations at Figma. Prior to Make, Jesse worked on growth initiatives and Figma's first MCP server. He lives in Boulder with his wife Jenna, and three kids Henry, Hayes and Robin.
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