Technical Architecture - Sr. Engineer

FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading global analytics software company, helping businesses in 100+ countries make better decisions. Join our world-class team today and fulfill your career potential!

The Opportunity

“We are seeking an experienced Senior Platform Architect to lead the design, development, and optimization of our scalable, cloud-based platform. This role will focus on building robust, distributed systems and leveraging the Kubernetes ecosystem to ensure high availability, resilience, and performance. As a key technical leader, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive architectural decisions, improve system reliability, and mentor engineering teams on best practices."- Sr Director, Software Engineering.

What You’ll Contribute

• Architect and Design: Lead the architectural vision and technical strategy for our cloud-based, distributed systems, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
• Cloud Platform Leadership: Design and implement cloud-native solutions using AWS, Azure, or GCP, optimizing for cost, performance, and reliability.
• Kubernetes Ecosystem: Drive the adoption and optimization of Kubernetes and container orchestration solutions to support microservices-based applications.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using tools like Terraform, Helm, or Pulumi.
• Declarative Tools: Experience with tools such as ArgoCD and Crossplane is a plus.
• System Reliability: Implement best practices for high availability, observability, and fault tolerance, ensuring seamless operations.
• Technical Leadership: Mentor engineers, establish coding standards, and promote best practices for software development and deployment.
• Collaboration: Work closely with development, DevOps, and security teams to align platform strategies with business objectives.
• Performance Optimization: Analyze and improve system performance, reducing latency and enhancing throughput.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure platform security, implement access controls, and align with industry best practices and regulatory requirements

What We’re Seeking

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering or platform architecture roles.
• Strong background in designing and managing distributed systems at scale.
• Extensive experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration tools.
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native services.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Helm, or Pulumi.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of networking, security, and observability in cloud environments.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Go, Python, or Java.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex system issues.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with experience mentoring teams.
• Design, develop, deploy and support modules of large world-class enterprise-level product.
• Participate in architectural design of product.
• Develop high level development timelines based on project scope and understanding of the existing application code.
• Evaluate new design specifications and raise quality standards, address architectural concerns.
• Evaluate stability, compatibility, scalability, interoperability, and performance of the software product.
• Maintain and upgrade product source codes.
• Demonstrate technical expertise through publication, presentations, white papers and event participation.
• Continually learn new technologies in related areas.
• Serve as a source of technical expertise and mentor junior team members

Our Offer to You

• An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values:  Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others.
• The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences.
• Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so.
• An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.

Why Make a Move to FICO?

At FICO, you can develop your career with a leading organization in one of the fastest-growing fields in technology today – Big Data analytics.  You’ll play a part in our commitment to help businesses use data to improve every choice they make, using advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, optimization, and much more.

FICO makes a real difference in the way businesses operate worldwide:

•    Credit Scoring — FICO® Scores are used by 90 of the top 100 US lenders.

•    Fraud Detection and Security — 4 billion payment cards globally are protected by FICO fraud systems.

•    Lending — 3/4 of US mortgages are approved using the FICO Score.

Global trends toward digital transformation have created tremendous demand for FICO’s solutions, placing us among the world’s top 100 software companies by revenue. We help many of the world’s largest banks, insurers, retailers, telecommunications providers and other firms reach a new level of success. Our success is dependent on really talented people – just like you – who thrive on the collaboration and innovation that’s nurtured by a diverse and inclusive environment. We’ll provide the support you need, while ensuring you have the freedom to develop your skills and grow your career.  Join FICO and help change the way business thinks!

Learn more about how you can fulfil your potential at www.fico.com/Careers

FICO promotes a culture of inclusion and seeks to attract a diverse set of candidates for each job opportunity. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and we’re proud to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all candidates without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Research has shown that women and candidates from underrepresented communities may not apply for an opportunity if they don’t meet all stated qualifications. While our qualifications are clearly related to role success, each candidate’s profile is unique and strengths in certain skill and/or experience areas can be equally effective. If you believe you have many, but not necessarily all, of the stated qualifications we encourage you to apply.

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