Figure AI
Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security
$150K–$250K
San Jose, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
San Jose, California, United States - Experience
- 6+ years of security / software development experience.
- Education
- BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field.
About the job
Designs and manages infrastructure security controls, identity systems, network protections, and security visibility across cloud, on-premises, and neocloud environments.
What you'll do
- Partner with infrastructure, networking, and detection teams to secure AI tooling, networks, and incident response.
- Own authentication and authorization across environments, including workload identity and time-bound elevated access.
- Build posture measurement and remediation tooling, and establish secure-by-default zero-trust networking patterns.
What they ask for
- Security knowledge or experience in one or more listed areas, such as Kubernetes, networking, authentication/authorization, or cloud security tools.
- Experience developing and deploying services in multi-cloud environments; familiarity with at least two of Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform is preferred.
- 6+ years of security / software development experience.
- Strong software engineering skills in C/C++, Rust, Golang, Python, or similar; BS/BA in a related field or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with zero-trust networking, workload identity, secrets management, or security controls delivered as reviewed, versioned code.
- Experience securing AI/ML tool usage or on-prem/neocloud environments, or building self-service security tooling.
Pay
$150,000 - $250,000 per year (USD, base salary)
Tools
Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, C/C++, Rust, Golang, Python
AI focus
Securely roll out AI tooling across infrastructure and secure AI/ML tool usage.
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