About the role
Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. The goal of the company is to ship humanoid robots with human level intelligence. Its robots are engineered to perform a variety of tasks in the home and commercial markets. Figure is headquartered in San Jose, CA. Figure’s vision is to deploy autonomous humanoids at a global scale. Our Helix team is looking for an experienced Data Infrastructure Engineer, to take our AI data infrastructure to the next level. This role is focused on building tools and software components that offload, store, manipulate and provide access to robot data, managing on premise and cloud resources, and providing production support for this infrastructure. The ideal candidate has experience building tools and infrastructure for a large-scale autonomous / deep learning system. Responsibilities: Design, build, and maintain tools and software components that offload, store, manipulate and provide access to robot data. Architect and manage storage and compute resources across on-premise and cloud environments at a massive scale. Implement optimal data transmission and storage solutions for all stages of Figure’s data pipeline from recording to neural network training. Work together with AI researchers to support new kinds of data workflows. Requirements: Strong software engineering fundamentals. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field. Minimum of 4 years of profess…