Lead Software Engineer; Java, Streaming

Overview

FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading global analytics software company, helping businesses in 100+ countries make better decisions.

We are seeking a lead software engineer to contribute to the technical development of an analytic decisioning platform. You will be part of a highly energetic team of software engineers to enhance FICO’s streaming platform. This role involves contributing on a frontend engineering team responsible for processing of high-volume, low latency decisioning and analytics execution. These capabilities embody patented and unique market value that drives critical business value in a high growth area.

This opportunity offers a unique leadership role to work with cutting edge technology applied to one‑of‑a‑kind business problems.

• Collaborate with product managers to understand priorities and usage scenarios of product features.
• Collaborate with architects to drive the design for your software platform capability.
• Collaborate within working groups of software engineers to follow software engineering standards, guidance, and processes.
• Continuously improve engineering practices for the software platform to support efficiency, reliability, and serviceability goals.
• Coach other software engineers on creating their UI designs.
• Collaborate with QA engineers to design and implement functional and non‑functional tests.
• Participate in support activities for both cloud and on‑premises implementations.

• Experience designing, building, deploying, and operating commercial software that provides a composable platform.
• Good understanding of software architecture and design principles, with a focus on building scalable and maintainable systems.
• 7+ years of experience in Java and Spring with hands‑on experience in modern software design patterns and open‑source technologies.
• Experience coaching/mentoring individuals and teams.
• Technical expertise across deployment models on public cloud, private cloud, and on‑premises infrastructure.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes and Docker for containerized application management.
• Experience with database technologies such as MySQL, Oracle, or similar enterprise databases.
• Skilled in Agile processes with outstanding communication abilities to articulate complex information to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Proficiency in one or more stream processing platforms such as Storm, Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Kinesis, Dataflow, Pulsar, or Stream Analytics.
• Experienced in domain‑driven, event‑driven architecture, along with data flow concepts and hands‑on implementation.
• Multi‑cloud experience (AWS, Google, Azure) and familiarity with technologies like Cassandra, Zookeeper, Kustomize, and/or Open Search are preferred.
• Experience in JavaScript, Angular, Python, and generative AI tools is beneficial.

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.

The targeted base pay range for this role is: $105,000 to $165,000.

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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