Director of Software Engineering (Java, Streaming)

FICO

5d•$146,000 - $229,000•Remote

About The Position

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 director to lead the technical development of an analytic decisioning platform. You will be leading a highly energetic team of software engineers to enhance FICO’s streaming platform. This role involves leading backend and frontend engineering teams 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.” – Software Engineering-Sr Director

Requirements

Deep understanding of software architecture and design principles, with a focus on building scalable and maintainable systems.
Experience in designing, building, deploying, and operating commercial software to provide a composable platform that can execute in low milliseconds at 10K+ TPS.
Significant expertise in Java and Spring with hands-on experience in modern software design patterns and open-source technologies.
Proven experience leading software development teams in delivering complex projects, including coaching and mentoring individuals.
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 and event-driven architecture, along with data flow concepts and implementation experience.

Nice To Haves

Multi-cloud experience (AWS, Google, Azure) and familiarity with technologies like Cassandra, Zookeeper, Kustomize, and/or OpenSearch are preferred.
Experience in JavaScript, Angular, Python, and generative AI tools is beneficial.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with product managers to understand priorities and usage scenarios of product features.
Work with stakeholders to comprehend and provide feedback on requirements for your software platform capability.
Provide leadership to your team to ensure positive customer outcomes, aligned autonomy, a spirit of innovation, a bias for action, clear and transparent communication, community of trust, and commitment to move forward together.
Collaborate with other engineering leaders and cross-functional groups to ensure that the entire streaming platform is a success.
Continuously improve engineering practices for the software platform to support efficiency, reliability, and serviceability goals.
Coach and motivate your leaders and engineers to excel in their roles while fostering a learning culture.
Hire the best talent for your teams.
Participate in prospect/customer meetings on technology topics.
Participate in support activities for both cloud and on-premises implementations.

Benefits

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.

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