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Associate AI Engineer

Figure LendingRemoteData Engineering
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Salary
Not listed
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Mid
Posted
8 Oct 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

This role suits individuals combining analytical depth and practical programming ability from backgrounds such as software engineering, economics, quantitative social sciences, or data science. The Associate AI Engineer position at Figure Lending is a remote, full-time opportunity focused on operating and improving conversational AI systems while developing into a full-stack AI engineer.

Role Overview

Figure Lending seeks an Associate AI Engineer to join the AI Engineering team remotely. Approximately half of the work centers on the technical operation of AI-powered chat, voice, and customer support services, bringing engineering rigor to agent workflows and API integrations. The remaining time involves hands-on projects across the broader AI stack, including Python services, APIs, data pipelines, and internal tools with support from senior engineers.

Key Responsibilities

Improve AI-powered chat and voice services supporting customer-service and lending workflows.
Build and maintain agent workflows, API-integrated tools, guardrails, retrieval rules, and escalation paths.
Review workflows for logic errors, unsafe behavior, routing conflicts, and unnecessary model context.
Establish disciplined development, staging, testing, review, and production-release practices.
Determine whether problems are best solved through workflow logic, deterministic code, retrieval, an LLM, or a product change.
Build automated tests and simulations for conversational workflows.
Define and measure containment, escalation, answer quality, task completion, and customer-impact metrics.
Build Python services, APIs, and data pipelines using Python and SQL.
Ensure sensitive operations use deterministic validation instead of unreliable model judgment.

Requirements

Strong programming fundamentals and practical Python experience.
Working knowledge of SQL and structured data analysis.
Ability to break ambiguous problems into testable components.
Comfort reading unfamiliar code and tracing system behavior.
Strong written communication and attention to detail.
Interest in AI behavior, analytics, backend systems, and product workflows.
Ability to validate assumptions, measure outcomes, and collaborate with engineers and domain experts.

Nice to Have

Degree or research background in economics, computer science, statistics, engineering, or another quantitative discipline.
Graduate training involving empirical research and substantial programming.
Experience with TypeScript or a modern frontend framework.
Familiarity with cloud platforms, Docker, CI/CD, or infrastructure as code.
Experience with experimentation systems, analytics platforms, or business-intelligence tools.
Experience in lending, fintech, healthcare, or another regulated environment.
Experience with customer-support or contact-center systems.

Skills and Tools

Python
SQL
TypeScript
Docker
APIs
Retrieval-augmented generation
CI/CD

Salary and Benefits

Base compensation range of 80K to 120K annually.
25% annual bonus target, paid quarterly.
Company equity in the form of RSUs.

About the Company

Figure is transforming capital markets and consumer finance through blockchain and AI-driven automation. Recognized as one of Forbes' Most Innovative Fintech Startups in 2025 and Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in Finance and Personal Finance, the company has originated over $22 billion in home equity loans on its blockchain-native platform.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply on the official company careers page.

Skills and tech stack

PythonSQLTypeScriptDockerLLMLLMs

Questions candidates ask

What is the location requirement for the Associate AI Engineer?

The position is remote.

What is the salary range for this role?

The base compensation range is 80K to 120K annually, accompanied by a 25% annual bonus target paid quarterly and company equity in the form of RSUs.

What background do I need to apply?

Candidates may come from software engineering, economics, another quantitative social science, data science, or a similarly rigorous field. The company values demonstrated reasoning and engineering ability over a specific degree.

Is this a prompt-writing or content management position?

No, this is not a content management or prompt-writing position. It involves operating conversational AI as production software that is tested, measurable, secure, observable, and governed.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Figure Lending careers page.

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