Software Engineering, Engineer II

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

“Join our development team in a software engineer role to assist in the continuing evolution of our DMP Streaming product. You will be able to demonstrate the required potential and technical curiosity to work on software that utilizes a range of leading edge technologies and integration frameworks. Staff training investment and career growth form an important part of our team ethos. Consequently, you will gain exposure to different design and programming techniques supported by industry-standard engineering processes that will help to grow your skills and experience.” – Hiring Manager.

What You’ll Contribute

• Implement product changes, undertaking detailed design, programming, unit testing and deployment, as required by our SDLC process.
• Investigate and resolve reported software defects across supported platforms.
• Work in conjunction with product management to understand business requirements and convert them into effective software designs that will enhance the current product offering.
• Produce component specifications and prototypes as necessary.
• Provide realistic and achievable project estimates for the creation and development of solutions. This information will form part of a larger release delivery plan.
• Develop and test software components of varying sizes and complexity.
• Design and execute unit, link and integration test plans and document test results. Create test data and environments as necessary to support the required level of testing.
• Work closely with the quality assurance team and assist with integration testing, system testing, acceptance testing and implementation.
• Produce relevant system documentation.
• Participate in review sessions to ensure ongoing quality of deliverables. Validate other team members' components, test plans and results.
• Maintain and develop industry knowledge, skills and competencies in software development.

What We’re Seeking

• Bachelors’ Degree in Computer Science or above, other related field of study, or with relevant experience.
• Proven experience in Java software development within an industry setting.
• Ability to work in both Windows and UNIX/Linux operating systems.
• Good understanding of software/data design methods and data structures.
• Experience of API (REST) development, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with IntelliJ, Subversion and Maven.
• Exposure to one or more of the following technologies: Apache Storm, OpenSearch, Cassandra and Kafka.
• Ability to work within a hybrid Agile methodology.
• Understand the design and development approaches required to build a scalable infrastructure/platform for large amounts of data ingestion, aggregation, integration and advanced analytics.
• Preferably knowledge of general database concepts, plus experience of one of the following platforms: MySQL or Cassandra.
• Experience of developing and deploying applications into AWS or a private cloud.
• Desirable exposure to any of the following: Hadoop, JMS, Zookeeper, Spring, JavaScript, UI Development.

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.

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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 — More than 90% of US credit decisions involve the FICO Score.

• 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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