Security Engineer Detection and Response

Figure is an AI robotics company developing general-purpose humanoid robots, embodied AI, and data-collection services for home and commercial use.

San Jose, United States
About Figure

Figure develops the Figure 03 humanoid robot and Helix, its vision-language-action AI system, to autonomously perform household and commercial tasks. It also operates Index, a contributor network and app for collecting real-world task data.

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About the Role

You will design and implement central logging and alerting systems across endpoints, networks, labs, and cloud environments. You will build threat-hunting and incident-response automation, investigate alert events, drive active incident response, and analyze adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures.

Requirements

  • Experience in detection and response areas such as digital forensics, malware analysis, incident management, intrusion detection, or threat intelligence
  • Knowledge of threat hunting and automated threat detection and incident response
  • Experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholders
  • Practical experience with a BeyondCorp model
  • Software engineering skills in C, C++, Rust, Golang, Python, or similar languages
  • Knowledge of Linux, Windows, and macOS internals
  • Experience detecting threats in Azure, GCP, or AWS cloud environments
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent relevant experience
  • 6+ years of experience in security monitoring or a related security role
  • Verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail

Responsibilities

  • Design, pilot, and implement central logging and alerting systems
  • Develop tools and automation for threat hunting and incident response
  • Investigate alerting-pipeline events and triage potential incidents
  • Drive response efforts during active incidents
  • Identify, analyze, and build threat intelligence on adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures