PhD Security Engineer Intern — Protect & Triage Systems

Figma; United States; Remote; USD 84,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

Travel reimbursement

Job summary

The company is seeking a PhD Intern in Security Engineering to join our security team and work on impactful projects across the product, platform, and infrastructure. You will apply research ideas to real-world security challenges under a mentor, with exposure to threat modeling, incident response, and vulnerability analysis.

Based in one of our US hubs (San Francisco or New York), this 12- or 16-week internship starts in May or June 2027.

Qualifications

• Current enrollment as a 4th or 5th year senior PhD student in a Computer Science program with a focus in Security or a related field
• Proficiency in at least one general-purpose coding language
• Track record applying security techniques to academic or industry projects, with focus areas such as AI Safety/Evaluation, Useable security, Anti-abuse, Anti-fraud, detection and response
• Strong knowledge of statistical methods and/or experimental design
• Experience solving complex problems and evaluating multiple solutions

Responsibilities

• Perform technical security assessments, code audits, and design reviews
• Design and develop solutions to prevent or mitigate security vulnerabilities across products, services and infrastructure
• Lead and support security investigations, developing datasets, tooling, and analysis for incident scope, root cause, and detection
• Translate threat intelligence into action to prioritize detection coverage and harden surfaces

Skills

General-purpose programming

Security research

Statistical methods

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

PhD candidate in Computer Science (Security)

Job description

The company is seeking a PhD Intern in Security Engineering to join our security team and work on impactful projects across the product, platform, and infrastructure. You will apply research ideas to real-world security challenges under a mentor, with exposure to threat modeling, incident response, and vulnerability analysis.

Based in one of our US hubs (San Francisco or New York), this 12- or 16-week internship starts in May or June 2027.