Software Engineer, Developer Tools and Productivity
Figureai
Posted: November 11, 2025
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Job Description
Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. The goal of the company is to ship humanoid robots with human level intelligence. Its robots are engineered to perform a variety of tasks in the home and commercial markets. Figure is headquartered in San Jose, CA.
We are looking for a Software Engineer passionate about developer productivity, automation and continuous improvement, to accelerate the development of the first humanoid robot that will be manufactured and deployed at scale.
Responsibilities:
• Develop tools to provide fast and reliable deployment of engineering builds.
• Improve tooling and process to integrate third party repositories.
• Optimize build time, and help scale the execution of automated tests and analysis.
• Provide developers with an easy to set up development environment aimed at accelerating software development.
• Collaborate with all the engineering teams to prioritize features development, optimizations and reliability improvements.
Requirements:
• Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or related field.
• At least 3 years of industry experience.
• Mastery of configuration management (GIT)
• Expertise with C++ and Python build and software integration tools (Bazel, CMake, make, etc…).
• Proficient with scripting languages including Python and Bash.
• Experience with any of the major cloud providers.
• Comfortable working with a broad range of continuous integration tools (GitHub, Jenkins, TeamCity…) and deployment tools (Ansible…).
• Experience with infrastructure as code (eg. Terraform…).
• Mastery of Linux, Docker and microservices architecture.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiar with Agile and Test driven development principles.
Bonus Qualifications:
• Familiar with web development languages and tools (HTML, CSS, JavaScripts…)
• Deep understanding of key and certificate management as well as cryptographic signing and verification.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $150,000 - $260,000 annually.
The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.