Remote Security Scientist: Data-Driven Threat Detection

Figma; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 348,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Wellness benefits

Job summary

Figma is growing its security science team to make the product safer. As a Security Scientist, you will analyze data, build detections, support investigations, and translate threat intel into actionable defenses.

You will partner with Security Engineering and cross‑functional teams to reduce risk across the platform. This full-time role can be based in a US hub or remote within the United States, collaborating to improve safety for all users and scales of design collaboration from anywhere in

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of security, anti-abuse, and detection challenges.
• Fluency in SQL and proficiency in Python, R, or similar scripting language.
• Experience with distributed data processing systems and data platforms such as Hive/Redshift/Presto/Snowflake/Spark.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally to understand security and anti-abuse problems and work with teams on solutions.
• Build detections, tune signal quality, and measure coverage across products and systems.
• Lead and support security investigations, developing datasets and tooling to scope incidents and reduce response time.
• Translate threat intelligence into actionable coverage and guide security strategy.
• Conduct investigations and design reviews to identify current and new attack vectors against products.
• Advocate for security and secure practices throughout the company.

Skills

SQL

Python

Statistical methods

Experiment design

Analytical thinking

Tools

Hive

Redshift

Presto

Snowflake

Spark

Job description

Figma is growing its security science team to make the product safer. As a Security Scientist, you will analyze data, build detections, support investigations, and translate threat intel into actionable defenses.

You will partner with Security Engineering and cross‑functional teams to reduce risk across the platform. This full-time role can be based in a US hub or remote within the United States, collaborating to improve safety for all users and scales of design collaboration from anywhere in