The opportunity
Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI.
What you'll do
Perform technical security assessments, code audits, and design reviews
Design and develop solutions to prevent or mitigate security vulnerabilities: across Figma’s products, services and infrastructure
Lead and support security investigations, developing the datasets, tooling,: and analysis that help us scope incidents, understand root cause, and reduce time to detect and respond
Translate threat intelligence into action, operationalizing intel on relevant: threat actors and techniques to prioritize detection coverage, harden high-risk surfaces, and guide security strategy
Current enrollment as a 4th or 5th year senior PhD student in a Computer: Science program with a focus in Security or a related field
Proficiency in at least one general-purpose coding language
What they're looking for
- A track record in applying security techniques to projects in academia or: industry, with excellent domain knowledge in at least one relevant area such as AI Safety/Evaluation, Useable security, Anti-abuse, Anti-fraud, detection and response or similar
- Strong knowledge of statistical methods and/or experimental design
- Experience solving sophisticated problems and comparing alternative: solutions, trade-offs, and diverse points of view to determine a path forward
- Related industry experience via a past internship or full-time role
