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FigureaiAI - Helix Team

Helix AI Engineer, Backend Infrastructure

San Joseonsitemid$150K$400K

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About this role

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our humanoid robot is designed for commercial tasks and the home. We are based in San Jose and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It’s time to build. We're looking for a senior-level backend engineer who has scaled high-throughput, low-latency data systems and has strong instincts around cloud infrastructure and real-time streaming pipelines. You'll architect and build the core backend systems that power Figure's real-time data infrastructure — enabling the scale and reliability that our AI and robotics platforms depend on. This is a high-ownership role at the intersection of media and sensor data streaming, cloud systems, and applied ML serving.…

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