United States of America Hybrid Full-time USD 120,000 – 179,520 / year

Figure Lending is hiring an Application Security Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Architect, design, and implement end-to-end security solutions, including firewalls, intrusion detection, encryption protocols, security event management, and cloud security controls.
  • Collaborate with DevOps to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automation and repeatability of secure deployments.
  • Conduct regular security assessments, threat modeling, and architecture reviews to identify risks and design mitigations.
  • Lead cross-team initiatives that significantly improve our security posture while balancing speed and innovation.
  • Mentor engineers on security best practices and build a culture of security by design.
  • Actively participate in incident response, on-call rotations, and post-incident reviews to continuously improve defenses.
  • Leverage AI to augment threat hunting, vulnerability scanning, and triage, using it to surface signal faster and reduce manual review load.
  • Design and build AI agents to perform in-depth testing and analysis of our infrastructure and code.

Requirements

  • Improve and run Figure's vulnerability management program including triage, prioritization, tracking remediation, and reporting on risk reduction over time.
  • Collaborate with DevOps to integrate security gates at various points throughout the software development lifecycle, ensuring automation and repeatability of secure deployments.
  • Manage third-party penetration tests, including scoping, vendor coordination, and tracking remediation of findings.
  • Automate sources of toil, such as routine patching or dependency upgrades.
  • Conduct threat modeling and security reviews for new features and services, partnering with engineering teams early in the design process.
  • Conduct regular security assessments, threat modeling, and architecture reviews to identify risks and design mitigations.
  • Lead cross-team initiatives that significantly improve our security posture while balancing speed and innovation.
  • Actively participate in incident response, on-call rotations, and post-incident reviews to continuously improve defenses.
  • Hands-on proficiency with AI-assisted security tooling and a practical sense of its strengths and limits.
  • Adhere to all company security policies and data handling procedures.
  • Complete mandatory security awareness training within required timeframes.
  • Promptly report any suspected security incidents or suspicious activity to the Security team.

Benefits

  • 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

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Additional Information

  • Figure will not sponsor work visas for this position.
  • All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
  • California Residents: review California Employee and General Workforce Privacy Notice for information on data handling.
About company
Figure Lending
Figure transforms capital markets through blockchain and AI-driven automation, reimagining how loans are originated, funded, and traded. The company is the largest non-bank provider of home equity financing in the U.S. and its ecosystem includes an SEC-registered yield-bearing stablecoin and other products reshaping consumer finance and capital markets.
All jobs at Figure Lending Visit website
Job Details
Category Security
Posted 5 hours ago