Dan Ribbens

Software Engineer at Figma

Co-founder

Payload· Summer 2022🇺🇸 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

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2026Software Engineer· Figma

Founder · since 2022

Company

Figma

Role

Software Engineer

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Payload

Developer-First Headless CMS and Application Framework

Summer 2022

Experience

Career

Figma
Software Engineer · 2026 – Present
2026
Figma
Software Engineering Manager · 2025 – Present
2025
Payload CMS
Co-founder
Co-Founder · Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States · 2022 – Present
2022
American Print and Bindery
Web Developer, Information Architect · Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area · 2018 – Present
2018
Open Systems Technologies, Inc.
Team Lead · 2016 – 2019
2016
Freelance
Web Developer · 2014 – 2018
2014
Fairly Painless Advertising
Web Developer · Holland, Michigan · 2013 – 2014
2013
Goodwill Industries of Greater Grand Rapids, Inc.
Information Technology · 2007 – 2013
2007
Kent Intermediate School District
Information Technology Intern · 2007
2007

Bio

Dan Ribbens is founder and COO of Payload CMS, the best TypeScript CMS for developers. He has focused on database engineering and developer experience. While at Payload and throughout his career Dan has served as a senior developer, team lead, and architect for dozens of software teams. Dan earned his Masters in Computer Science at GVSU in 2013 and worked as a freelance consultant prior to Payload.