Frontend/UX Architect

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

“This is a pivotal technical leadership role within FICO's Architecture Team, where you will be integral in driving the adoption of modern front-end development practices and ensuring a seamless and intuitive user experience across the platform. Building on the foundation of our complex, large-scale enterprise architecture, you will be the driving force behind unifying and modernizing our front-end teams. You will collaborate closely with product managers, product designers, and multiple engineering teams to define reusable MFEs, streamline workflows, and implement robust solutions that enhance both user satisfaction and developer productivity across FICO.” – Sr Director-Technical Architecture

What You’ll Contribute

• Define and champion the platform frontend architecture, adhering to the FICO Design System and best practices.
• Work with stakeholders to comprehend and provide feedback on business strategy and requirements.
• Collaborate with Product Managers to understand the priorities of platform features.
• Collaborate closely with the Product Design Team to translate design specifications into robust and performant Angular implementations.
• Collaborate with the Product Design Team to create and maintain UX information architecture models to ensure a clear and intuitive user journey across the platform.
• Collaborate with other architects to drive micro front-end architecture for the platform.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including Product Managers, Product Designers, and Backend Engineers to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Collaborate with technology suppliers to address FICO’s technology needs.
• Collaborate with other Software Architects on creating their domain architectures.
• Communicate technical challenges, solutions, and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Act as a technical liaison between the Front-end Team and other departments, ensuring smooth collaboration across all levels.
• Represent the Front-end Team in leadership discussions, aligning technical direction with broader organizational goals.
• Advocate for and implement modern architectural patterns such as micro-frontends and server-side rendering (SSR).
• Drive research, case studies, and prototypes on technologies to ensure the platform remains the leading analytic decisioning platform.
• Collaborate with and lead working groups of Enterprise Architects to create enterprise platform standards, guidance, and processes.
• Continuously improve architectural practices for the platform to support efficiency, reliability, usability, and serviceability goals.

What We’re Seeking

• 10+ years designing, developing, and managing web-based platform systems using modern frameworks like Angular.
• Experience in designing, building, and operating large systems with scalability, availability, and performance requirements.
• Expert-level proficiency with reactive programming with a deep understanding of state management in complex front-end architectures.
• Ability to define and drive architectural transformation to an end state that is based on simplicity, modern software design patterns, and open-source software.
• Experience with domain-driven, event-driven, and micro-frontend architectures.
• Experience in building, tracking, and communicating plans within Agile processes.
• Experience creating, documenting, and communicating software architectures for complex products is nice to have.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring both individuals and teams.
• 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 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: $146,000 to $229,000 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.

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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