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Figure

Principal AI Engineer

Figure

. Develop and optimize generative AI technologies to streamline, automate, and optimize Figure .

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $176,000 - $264,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSGoogle Cloud PlatformHadoopKotlinPythonRaySpark

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Develop and optimize generative AI technologies to streamline, automate, and optimize Figure
  • Train, fine tune, and deploy LLM solutions trained on our expansive proprietary data.
  • Develop custom models and algorithms to apply to large datasets, as well as processes for monitoring and analyzing their performance.
  • Mine and analyze data to build and train ML models that optimize customer experiences, customer acquisition, underwriting and other business outcomes.
  • Work with stakeholders throughout the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging AI to improve business processes.
  • Collaborate cross functionally to deploy AI solutions and monitor outcomes.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of hands on experience building and deploying NLP and ML models in real world production systems.
  • Hands-on experience training, fine tuning, and/or deploying LLMs.
  • Experience developing in Kotlin or a background in consumer finance is a huge plus.
  • Strong problem solving skills with an emphasis on translating real-life problems into a concrete model development strategy. Blend academic rigor with a sense of pragmatism for rapidly prototyping and delivering solutions.
  • Experienced in using Python for analysis and modeling
  • Experience using web services (GCP, AWS), and distributed data/computing tools (Ray, Spark, Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, etc.)
  • Excellent cross-functional communication skills.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employees and their dependents on select plans
  • Company HSA, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, 401(k), and commuter benefits
  • Employer-paid life and disability insurance
  • 11 observed holidays and PTO plan
  • Up to 12 weeks of paid family leave
  • Continuing education reimbursement

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Hard Skills & Tools
generative AINLPML modelsLLMsKotlinPythondata analysismodel developmentalgorithm developmentdata mining
Soft Skills
problem solvingcross-functional communicationcollaborationadaptabilitypragmatism