AI Engineer
Senior/Lead Backend Engineer on Applied AI team designing scalable data pipelines and backend systems that power AI-driven fraud investigation, decision automation, and process optimization using Python, SQL, and AWS services.
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
As a Senior or Lead Backend Engineer on our Applied AI team, you will be at the forefront of integrating robust data engineering with next-generation AI capabilities. You will design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems and data pipelines that power critical functions across our platform — from fraud investigation and decision automation to process optimization. In this role, you will champion high data quality, system reliability, and stringent governance across all AI-driven initiatives, making a lasting impact on FICO 's platform. This is an opportunity to collaborate with a high-caliber team and drive meaningful innovation through your deep expertise in backend engineering and applied AI.
What You'll Contribute
Design and deploy scalable backend systems and data pipelines that seamlessly integrate applied AI capabilities into FICO 's analytics and decision management platform.
Build high-quality solutions for data ingestion, transformation, and storage, ensuring reliable, high-throughput data flow for real-time analytics.
Design and implement LLM-powered solutions for decision automation, fraud investigation, and process automation within FICO 's platform.
Develop sophisticated prompting strategies and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures tailored to high-stakes, mission-critical applications.
Partner with data scientists, ML engineers, and product teams to develop microservices and APIs that enable intelligent, data-driven decision-making.
Optimize distributed architectures and implement real-time processing frameworks to support high-volume, low-latency workloads.
Implement advanced monitoring, testing, and performance optimization techniques to ensure system reliability, security, and scalability.
Define and evolve architectural patterns that support FICO 's analytics and decisioning solutions at scale.
Lead and mentor engineering team members, promoting best practices in software development, data engineering, AI integration, and systems design.
What We're Seeking
In-depth experience in backend or data engineering, with a demonstrated track record of delivering complex, large-scale production systems.
Strong coding skills in Python, Go, Java, or equivalent languages, with a commitment to clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
Hands-on experience with big data frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, Kafka, Hadoop) and a strong understanding of both relational and NoSQL databases.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and container orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Proven ability to design, build, and maintain scalable, produ
Posted June 18, 2026