Remote Applied Data Researcher

Bazeta; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Job summary

Figma seeks an Applied Data Researcher to identify high-impact opportunities, lead investigations, and build data-driven tools and prototypes. You will work with data science, engineering, product, design, and AI research teams across the US, shaping measurement and evaluation for next-generation design analytics.

You’ll personally code and mentor others while delivering reusable methods and standards, balancing quality, latency, and cost in dynamic product settings.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in ML, statistics, causal inference, or related quantitative field.
• Hands-on experience in generative AI evaluation and measurement, including evals and agentic workflows.
• Fluent programming skills in Python or a comparable language, plus SQL.

Responsibilities

• Identify and vet opportunities across Data products, AI measurement, and applied data capabilities.
• Develop and validate methods for evaluating generative AI and agentic workflows.
• Write code and build tools, models, prototypes, and demos to test hypotheses.

Skills

Machine learning

Statistics

Causal inference

Python

SQL

AI evaluation

Education

MS or PhD in ML/CS/Statistics

Tools

Snowflake

AWS

Dagster

dbt

Hex

Job description

Figma seeks an Applied Data Researcher to identify high-impact opportunities, lead investigations, and build data-driven tools and prototypes. You will work with data science, engineering, product, design, and AI research teams across the US, shaping measurement and evaluation for next-generation design analytics.

You’ll personally code and mentor others while delivering reusable methods and standards, balancing quality, latency, and cost in dynamic product settings.