235K–376K USD / year
Applied Data Researcher
DataRemote — United States
Published on 2026-11-12
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About this role
Lead research and development of data products, AI evaluation methods, and prototypes using Figma’s large-scale collaborative design data. The role combines hands-on coding and scientific investigation with technical leadership, cross-functional partnership, and communication of recommendations to executives.
About the company
Figma is a collaborative design platform for product teams to create interfaces, prototypes, and design systems in the browser. It helps designers and developers work together on digital products from ideation through handoff.
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What you'll do
- Identify and lead investigations into high-impact data and AI opportunities
- Develop evaluation methods, datasets, baselines, rubrics, and measures for generative AI and agentic workflows
- Build and test LLM-powered tools, models, prototypes, and demos
- Guide larger projects and mentor scientists and engineers while contributing directly to code and methods
- Turn validated prototypes into reliable, maintained systems, independently or with engineering partners
- Establish reusable methods and tools, drive adoption, and communicate findings and tradeoffs to partners and executives
What we're looking for
- Deep expertise in machine learning, statistics, causal inference, or a related quantitative field
- Hands-on experience with generative AI evaluation, measurement, labeling, and agentic workflows
- Fluent programming skills in Python or a comparable language, plus SQL
- Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of ambiguous work, from opportunity identification through implementation and sustained use
- Experience shaping technical direction and leading cross-functional or senior scientific work
- Strong judgment and communication, including explaining uncertainty and recommendations to executives
Nice to have
- Experience with human labeling, automated judge validation, conversational data, or multimodal AI
- Experience building interactive applications, lightweight interfaces, APIs, or reusable open-source tools
- Cloud and data infrastructure experience
- MS or PhD in a quantitative discipline, or equivalent applied depth
Benefits
- Equity
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits with company contributions
- Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Paid flexible PTO and paid sick leave
- Company recharge days and cell phone and home internet reimbursements