Software Engineer Privacy and Data Governance
Figure is an AI robotics company developing general-purpose humanoid robots, embodied AI, and data-collection services for home and commercial use.
Funding history
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.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will embed privacy controls and data-minimization techniques into products and services. You will develop privacy engineering systems for user control, anonymization, and data retention; create enforcement tooling; monitor compliance; and translate privacy requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Requirements
- Experience with privacy or security domains including anonymization, de-identification, data retention, data lineage, governance, data protection, data minimization, privacy-by-design, or privacy-preserving techniques
- Software engineering skills in C, C++, Rust, Go, Python, or similar languages
- Experience building APIs or microservices for data governance or privacy controls
- Ability to collaborate with stakeholders, prioritize tasks, and work independently
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent related experience
- 8+ years of experience in privacy engineering, security engineering, or software engineering
- Verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail
Responsibilities
- Design and implement privacy controls and data-minimization features
- Develop and maintain privacy engineering services for user control, anonymization, and data retention
- Define and enforce data governance and data-protection practices
- Develop tooling, APIs, and libraries for privacy enforcement and compliance monitoring
- Translate privacy requirements into technical specifications and scalable software solutions
- Champion user privacy and security
