Design Permission-Aware Retrieval for Design Files
Company: Figma
Role: Software Engineer
Category: System Design
Difficulty: medium
Interview Round: Onsite
Overview: Design search for design files and assets using short text queries, structured filters, and permissions delegated by the initiating user. The system-design prompt examines indexing, hierarchy-aware authorization, candidate retrieval, existing-ranker integration, revocation safety, deterministic fallback, and leakage-free observability.
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