Job brief: Applied Data Researcher

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Figma's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-13 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-13.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address Figma's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $235,000 to $376,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States · Canada · US
• Posted: 2026-11-12

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Not stated. The posting does not state a level or years of experience.

Must have

• While it's not required, it's an added plus if you also have:
• Cloud and data infrastructure experience; familiarity with Snowflake, AWS, Dagster, dbt, or Hex is useful, but no particular vendor or framework is required
• Figma provides paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the requirements of the Washington Minim…
• Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

Main duties

• Identify and vet consequential opportunities across Data products and tools, AI measurement and evaluation, and applied data capabilities; lead investigation…
• Develop and validate methods for evaluating generative AI and agentic workflows, including representative datasets, baselines, rubrics, and evals; investigat…
• Personally write code and build or adapt LLM-powered tools, agentic workflows, models, prototypes, and demos that test scientific, product, and tool hypothes…
• Provide technical direction and oversight for larger projects, delegate work to teams of senior and staff scientists, and mentor scientists and engineers whi…
• Independently drive delivery or partner with engineering to turn useful prototypes into maintained systems, balancing quality, latency, cost, reliability, an…

Lines copied from the posting, not rewritten. "Preferred" or "nice to have" items are not listed as must-haves.

How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for data and analytics jobs across the U.S.: $138k a year (607 listings, 133 employers). This listing is 122% higher.
• Across Figma's 103 open listings, 46% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Figma hires

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