Data Scientist, Finance

Figma is hiring a Data Scientist, Finance to join its team in the United States. In this full-time role, you'll apply data science and advanced analytics to financial modeling, forecasting, and strategic decision-making while collaborating with cross-functional teams across the organization.

About This Position

This Data Scientist, Finance position offers the opportunity to build predictive models, analyze complex financial datasets, and translate quantitative insights into clear business recommendations. You'll work at the convergence of data science and finance, partnering with finance, operations, and product teams to improve how Figma approaches financial planning, resource allocation, and performance measurement. Based in the United States, this full-time role is designed for a data-driven professional eager to solve real business challenges in a rapidly scaling technology company.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop, validate, and deploy statistical and machine learning models to identify patterns in financial and operational data
• Conduct exploratory data analysis and build predictive analytics capabilities to support financial forecasting, budgeting, and planning
• Partner with finance, business operations, and product leaders to define analytical requirements, establish key metrics, and deliver actionable insights
• Create clear data visualizations and present findings to stakeholders through reports, dashboards, and presentations
• Build and maintain scalable data infrastructure, pipelines, and analytical systems to enable repeatable, reliable analysis
• Research and evaluate emerging data science methods and tools to strengthen the team's analytical capabilities

What We're Looking For

• Expert-level programming in Python, R, or similar languages for statistical analysis and modeling
• Solid background in statistics, machine learning, hypothesis testing, and experimental design
• Proficiency with SQL and relational databases for querying, transforming, and analyzing large-scale datasets
• Proven experience working with financial data, business metrics, or related quantitative analytics
• Strong communication skills and demonstrated ability to explain technical analysis to non-technical audiences
• Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics, finance, or related discipline (or equivalent hands-on experience)
• Familiarity with data visualization and business intelligence tools

More About Figma

Figma makes design accessible to everyone. The platform enables teams to ideate, design, prototype, and build together in real time, accelerating how companies bring products to market. Figma brings together talented, mission-driven people committed to creating tools that fundamentally improve how teams collaborate and create.

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