Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Developer Tools and Productivity
Figure AISan Jose, CAPosted 5 March 2026
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Job Description
<p>Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our Humanoid is designed for corporate tasks targeting labor shortages and jobs that are undesirable or unsafe. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It’s time to build.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Develop tools and infrastructure to scale continuous software integration and deployment systems.</li>
<li>Optimize build times, and help scale the execution of automated tests and analysis.</li>
<li>Integrate new build toolchains and software components to support the next generations of humanoids.</li>
<li>Improve tooling and processes to integrate third-party repositories.</li>
<li>Provide developers with an easy-to-set-up development environment aimed at accelerating software development.</li>
<li>Collaborate with all engineering teams to prioritize feature development, optimizations, and reliability improvements.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Requirements: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.</li>
<li>At least 7 years of industry experience.</li>
<li>Mastery of configuration management using Git.</li>
<li>Expertise with C++ and Python build and software integration tools (Bazel, CMake, Make, etc.).</li>
<li>Proficient with scripting languages, including Python and Bash.</li>
<li>Experience with one or more major cloud providers.</li>
<li>Comfortable working with a broad range of continuous integration tools (GitHub, Jenkins, TeamCity, etc.) and deployment tools (Ansible, etc.).</li>
<li>Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform).</li>
<li>Strong knowledge of Linux, Docker, and microservices architectures.</li>
<li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills.</li>
<li>Familiarity with Agile and test-driven development principles.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Bonus Qualifications: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Familiar with web development languages and tools (HTML, CSS, JavaScripts…)</li>
<li>Deep understanding of key and certificate management as well as cryptographic signing and verification.</li>
</ul>
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