Software Engineering - Principal Engineer (Rule Engine Developer)

The Opportunity

"We are seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the technical development of an analytic decisioning platform. You will be leading a highly energetic team of software engineers to create the next generation software platform for FICO’s software decisions capabilities. This role involves providing technical direction to engineering teams responsible for decision processing of high-volume, low latency 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." - Hiring Manager

What You’ll Contribute

• Work with stakeholders to comprehend and provide feedback on business requirements for your software platform capability.
• Collaborate with product managers to understand priorities and usage scenarios of product features.
• Collaborate with user experience personnel to understand personas within usage scenarios.
• Collaborate with architects to drive the architecture for your software platform capability.
• Collaborate within working groups of software engineers to create software engineering standards, guidance, and processes.
• Continuously improve engineering practices for the software platform to support efficiency, reliability, and serviceability goals.
• Assist research, case studies and prototypes on technologies to ensure the software platform remains the leading analytic decisioning platform.
• Collaborate with technology suppliers to address FICO’s technology needs.
• Coach other software engineers on creating their domain designs.
• Collaborate with QA engineers to design and implement non-functional tests.

What We’re Seeking

• Experience with rule authoring, testing, and execution technologies.
• Experience with code generation techniques.
• Experience leveraging domain models for platforms targeting application development.
• Ability to define and drive design transformation to an end state that is based on simplicity, modern software design patterns, open-source software, and cloud environments.
• Technical expertise across all deployment models on public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises infrastructure.
• Experience creating, documenting, and communicating software designs for complex products.
• Experience with domain-driven, event-driven, and micro-service architectures.
• Experience in building, tracking, and communicating plans within agile processes.
• Experience coaching/mentoring individuals and teams.
• Experience with supporting production software deployments.
• Experience with commercial software product processes.
• Experience with multiple public cloud technologies, e.g., AWS, Google, Azure.
• Experience with Kubernetes control plane and eco-system.
• Experience developing in Java, Typescript with Angular, and C++.
• Experience with rules leveraging rule set, tree, and table metaphors.
• Bachelor’s/master’s degree in computer science or related discipline.

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 recognised for doing so.
• An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.