Helix AI Engineer, Backend

What this role involves

Figure is an AI robotics company developing a general-purpose humanoid robot. They are seeking a senior-level backend engineer to architect and scale cloud backend infrastructure for real-time streaming of media and sensor data. The role requires deep experience with high-concurrency, low-latency data systems and cloud platforms, and involves working closely with AI and robotics teams.

Skills this posting asks for

• go
• c++
• python
• rust
• aws
• gcp
• azure
• kubernetes
• service mesh
• kafka
• webrtc
• rtsp
• grpc
• triton inference server
• tensorrt
• sagemaker
• stream processing
• distributed systems
• real-time streaming
• cloud infrastructure
• containerized infrastructure
• observability
• alerting

Requirements

• Level: senior
• Remote policy: onsite

From the employer’s posting

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our humanoid robot is designed for commercial tasks and the home. We are based in San Jose and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It’s time to build. We're looking for a backend engineer to build the service…