Principal Software Architect - AI Technology

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 a highly skilled Principal Software Architect specializing in AI Technology to lead the design, architecture, and development of cutting-edge AI systems. The ideal candidate will drive innovation in machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, and AI infrastructure at an enterprise scale. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to create highly scalable, reliable, and efficient AI solutions that integrate seamlessly with our FICO Platform ecosystem.” – Technical Architecture-Sr Director

What You’ll Contribute 

• Design and oversee the architecture for large-scale AI/ML platform services, ensuring scalability, performance and security.
• Stay at the forefront of AI trends, ensuring that our products remain competitive and that our AI strategy is aligned with FICO’s software business goals.
• Provide thought leadership on AI technology, advising on best practices, emerging trends, and new tools to improve our AI capabilities.
• Work closely with product managers, data scientists, engineers and other stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical AI solutions.
• Define the architectural standards and best practices for AI model training, deployment and management, ensuring efficient resource utilization.
• Mentor engineering teams in AI/ML architecture, software design patterns and implementation strategies.
• Assess and recommend new tools, libraries, and frameworks that can enhance the development of AI solutions.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks related to AI implementation, scalability, data privacy and model bias.
• Ensure that AI models and systems are optimized for real-time performance and efficient resource consumption.

What We’re Seeking 

• 10 - 14 years of experience in software architecture, with 5 - 8 years focused on AI/ML technologies.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or related field.
• Strong experience with machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.) and deep learning techniques.
• Expertise in AI model deployment and orchestration on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proficiency in programming languages like Python, Java, C++, Golang and familiarity with distributed computing frameworks.
• Solid understanding of data architecture, including data lakes, data pipelines and databases.
• Understanding of Large Language Model deployments, Vector databases and Agent principles.
• Experienced in Kubernetes and GPU architectures.
• Ability to solve complex problems using a data-driven approach, including experience with algorithms, statistics and optimization techniques.
• Proven experience in leading and mentoring engineering teams, driving technical discussions and fostering innovation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex AI concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with edge AI, reinforcement learning and AI ethics is nice to have.
• Preferred background in industries leveraging AI at scale, such as healthcare, finance or autonomous systems.
• Published research or contributions to open-source AI projects is advantageous.

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.

• The targeted base pay range for this role is: $147,000 to $231,000 with this range reflecting differences in candidate knowledge, skills and experience.

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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.

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