Security Engineer, Detection and Response

📋 Job Overview

Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. The goal of the company is to ship humanoid robots with human level intelligence. Its robots are engineered to perform a variety of tasks in the home and commercial markets. Figure is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our humanoid robot, Figure 02, is designed for commercial tasks and the home. We are based in San Jose, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It’s time to build.

🏢 About Figure AI

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our humanoid robot, Figure 02, is designed for commercial tasks and the home. We are based in San Jose, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It’s time to build.

🎯 The Role

We are looking for a Security Engineer to join the Security & Privacy team at Figure, focusing on designing, implementing, and managing the detection and response tooling and processes.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Design, pilot, and implement central logging and alerting systems to detect malicious activity on Figure's infrastructure, including endpoints, networks, labs, and cloud environments
• Develop tools and automation strategies to improve Figure’s ability to hunt threats and respond to incidents
• Participate in team operations, such as investigating events generated by the alerting pipeline and triage potential incidents, and drive response efforts in case of an active incident
• Identify, analyze, and build threat intelligence on relevant trends in adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for sophisticated threat actors spanning APTs and cybercrime.

📌 Required Qualifications

• Experience several of the following detection and response areas: digital forensics, malware analysis, incident management, host/network intrusion detection, threat intelligence
• Demonstrated knowledge in threat hunting and developing logic to automate threat detection and incident response
• Work record of collaborating with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of a company
• Practical experience in a BeyondCorp model
• Strong software engineering (beyond scripting or automation) skills in C/C++, Rust, Golang, Python or similar
• Solid knowledge of operating system internals (Linux, Windows, macOS), and experience with detection in Cloud environments (Azure, GCP, AWS)
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field
• 6+ years of experience in the field of security monitoring or related security role
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to detail

🎁 Benefits

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $150,000 - $300,000 annually.

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.