Principal AI Engineer

Figure is transforming the trillion dollar financial services industry using blockchain technology. In five short years, Figure has unveiled a series of fintech firsts using the Provenance blockchain for loan origination, equity management, private fund services, banking and payments sectors - bringing speed, efficiency and savings to both consumers and institutions. Today, Figure is one of less than a thousand companies considered a unicorn, globally. Our mission requires us to have a creative, team-oriented, and supportive environment where everyone can do their absolute best. The team is composed of driven, innovative, collaborative, and curious people who love architecting ground-breaking technologies. We value individuals who bring an entrepreneurial mindset to every task and will embrace our culture of innovation. Every day at Figure is a journey in continuous learning yet a daily focus on getting work done that makes a difference. Join a team of proven leaders who have already created billions of dollars in value in the FinTech space!

### What You’ll Do - Develop and optimize generative AI technologies to streamline, automate, and optimize Figure - Train, fine tune, and deploy LLM solutions trained on our expansive proprietary data. - Develop custom models and algorithms to apply to large datasets, as well as processes for monitoring and analyzing their performance. - Mine and analyze data to build and train ML models that optimize customer experiences, customer acquisition, underwriting and other business outcomes. - Work with stakeholders throughout the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging AI to improve business processes. - Collaborate cross functionally to deploy AI solutions and monitor outcomes.

### What We Look For - 8+ years of hands on experience building and deploying NLP and ML models in real world production systems. - Hands-on experience training, fine tuning, and/or deploying LLMs. - Experience developing in Kotlin or a background in consumer finance is a huge plus. - Strong problem solving skills with an emphasis on translating real-life problems into a concrete model development strategy. - Blend academic rigor with a sense of pragmatism for rapidly prototyping and delivering solutions. - Experienced in using Python for analysis and modeling. - Experience using web services (GCP, AWS), and distributed data/computing tools (Ray, Spark, Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, etc.) - Excellent cross-functional communication skills. - Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

### Benefits and Perks - Competitive salary and growth opportunities - Company quarterly performance based bonus - Equity stock options package - Employer funded comprehensive health, vision, dental insurance and wellness program for employees and their dependents - Employer funded life and disability insurance coverage - Company HSA, FSA, Dependent Care, 401k, and commuter benefits - Up to 12 weeks paid family leave - In office, remote, and hybrid work location options - Home office and technology stipend for those working outside of a traditional office more than 75% of the time - Flexible time-off plan to empower employees to take the time off that they want and need - Continuing education reimbursement - Routine Team swag deliveries!

Figure Markets is a cryptocurrency trading platform offering zero-fee trading, crypto-backed loans up to 75% LTV, and yield opportunities through its YLDS stablecoin and real-world assets like home equity lines of credit. It provides decentralized MPC wallets for self-custody and operates 17+ trading pairs paired with USD and stablecoins. Spun out from Figure Technologies, a leading non-bank lender founded in 2018 that manages over $11.9 billion in loans, with $600 million put on-chain monthly.