or apply directly on Figure's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Figure's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 60% of Figure's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Figure
- high 112 stale, 2 reposted of 112 open
- Hiring momentum
- 152 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Figure's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Figure.
About this role
As a Helix AI Engineer focusing on backend development, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the services and infrastructure that support Figure's consumer mobile application. Your tasks will include designing core authentication services, developing payment and billing systems, managing high-volume data ingestion pipelines, and overseeing the cloud platform and internal dashboards.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Figure as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years building production backend systems at scale
- Strong distributed systems fundamentals: APIs, queues, storage, and event-driven architecture
- Hands-on experience with payments, billing, or fintech infrastructure
- Hands-on infrastructure experience: AWS or GCP, Terraform or similar, containers, and CI/CD
- Proficiency in Go, Python, or similar
- Experience shipping systems that move real money for real users, with the reliability bar that implies
Nice to have
- Marketplace or gig platform experience (Uber, TaskRabbit, DoorDash, or similar)
- Fintech background (Square, Stripe, DailyPay, or similar)
- Experience with media storage and processing pipelines at scale
- Experience as the first or only infrastructure owner on a small team
What you get
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $200,000 - $400,000 annually
- The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role
Worth weighing
- 5 days/week in-office collaboration required
- Vague mention of total compensation package details to be shared later
- Role involves high responsibility with systems that handle real money transactions
Summarised from Figure's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Figure on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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