PhD Intern, Security Engineer Jobs

PhD Intern, Security Engineer

Figma

Location:
United States, San Francisco ▼
New York

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

72.12 USD / Hour

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Job Description:

As a Security Engineer intern, you will help identify and drive impactful projects to improve the security of Figma's product, platform, and our IT systems. The mission of the Figma Security team is to help Figmates ship the most secure product to our users. We are looking for security generalists with a strong grasp of Computer Science and security fundamentals. You will partner closely with teams across the company and focus on systemic security improvements and risk reduction. You will also maximize your security skills to support and participate in operational security responsibilities like security reviews and consulting, external research/bug-bounty triage, incident response, and risk management.

Job Responsibility:

Perform technical security assessments, code audits and design reviews
Develop technical solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities
Advocate security and secure practices throughout Figma
Conduct assessments to identify current and new attack vectors against Figma products and services
Help run our pen-testing and offensive security exercises as well as our bug bounty program

Requirements:

Ph.D in a Computer Science program with a focus in security
Good understanding of at least two of Linux/Unix/Mac based systems security, AWS security, Cloud SaaS Security, and web application security
Proficient in at least one general purpose coding language
Demonstrated experience engineering security-based tooling and/or software
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated experience collaborating across functions

Nice to have:

Demonstrated ability to make hard prioritization decisions in security controls
Experience in a software engineering role and interested in working on security related projects
Publications at top security conferences like USENIX Security, NDSS, CCS, IEEE S&P

What we offer:

housing stipend
travel reimbursement

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 08, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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