Figma
Security Engineer
$153K–$376K
San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States +1 · Full-time · Posted Mar 16, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
US - Experience
- 5+ years; Security Engineering or Software Engineering, with some security experience preferred for Software Engineering.
About the job
Improves the security of Figma’s product, platform, and IT systems through security engineering projects, risk reduction, and operational security work across multiple teams.
What you'll do
- Assess systems and changes through security reviews, code audits, design reviews, and vulnerability triage.
- Design and build security solutions, tooling, and systems to reduce risks or detect and respond to threats and abuse.
- Support penetration testing, security incident response, and collaboration with teams across the company.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of engineering experience in Security Engineering or Software Engineering; security experience is preferred for Software Engineers.
- Strong security judgment in threat modeling and risk prioritization and/or strong technical judgment designing and building maintainable, scalable systems.
- Proficiency in at least one general-purpose coding language.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated cross-functional collaboration.
Nice to have
- Expertise in Application Security, Cloud Security, Corporate Security, Data Access Governance, and/or IAM (Identity and Access Management).
- Demonstrated ability to make hard prioritization decisions in security controls.
Pay
$153,000 — $376,000 USD (base salary)
AI focus
The AI Security team assesses and secures AI infrastructure, platforms, products, models, tooling, workflows, and data pipelines; it also builds AI-powered access insights and security tooling.
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