Platform DevOps - Engineer I

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 dynamic and forward-thinking Platform Engineering team at a world-class analytics company. Our mission is to accelerate innovation by delivering a cohesive internal developer platform that combines an enterprise-grade Spotify Backstage portal, Buf Schema Registry, GitOps automation, and cloud-native tooling. As a DevEx Platform Engineer, you’ll architect and own the services, plugins, and pipelines that power a world-class developer experience for thousands of engineers building fraud, risk, marketing, and customer-management solutions.” – Sr. Director, 1ES Engineering

What You’ll Contribute

• Collaborate in a devops environment where you will work closely with developers in automating new applications, features, and services.
• Design and build developer platforms and tools that improve developer experience (DevEx) and accelerate software delivery across the organization.
• Develop and maintain microservices using Python and FastAPI to support platform capabilities and developer workflows.
• Create self-service tools and abstractions that empower developers to deploy and manage their applications efficiently.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to streamline the development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to understand pain points and implement platform solutions that enhance productivity.
• Manage and optimize data infrastructure using MongoDB and PostgreSQL to support platform services.
• Establish platform standards around technology, security compliance, and systems interoperability.
• Document platform capabilities, best practices, and provide guidance to development teams.
• Champion developer experience improvements through automation, tooling, and process enhancements.
  
  
  

What We’re Seeking

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Strong experience of 3+ years with Python development, particularly with FastAPI or similar frameworks.
• Hands-on experience of 3+ years with MongoDB and PostgreSQL in production environments.
• Proficiency with Git workflows and GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation.
• Experience building developer tools, platforms, or internal products that improve engineering productivity.
• Understanding of cloud-native architectures and containerization technologies.
• Strong focus on developer experience with the ability to empathize with and understand developer needs.
• DevOps experience is a plus, particularly in areas of infrastructure automation and monitoring.
  
  
  

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.
  
  
  

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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