Principal Software Engineer (Java, Event-Driven)

FICO is a leading global analytics software company, helping businesses in 100+ countries make better decisions. As a Principal Engineer, you will lead a team of software developers, driving architectural decisions and technical strategy for the cloud-native SaaS platform while delivering high-impact software solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support capabilities for a world-class enterprise platform
• Create scalable, high-performance microservices with exceptional availability, interoperability, and reliability
• Contribute architectural designs and technical proof-of-concepts while adhering to established standards and architectural guidance
• Foster software development best practices including pair programming, code formatting standards, secure coding practices, and peer code reviews
• Champion and implement process improvements across the development lifecycle
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and mentor team members to enhance their technical capabilities
• Take accountability for scrum team success and delivery outcomes
• Execute scrum processes while maintaining focus on technical excellence
• Collaborate with senior engineers and product management to create epics and user stories, defining technical acceptance criteria
• Work with enterprise architectural models and distributed software design patterns
• Serve as a technical expert, mentoring junior engineers and elevating quality standards
• Navigate ambiguity and moderate complexity while proactively identifying and resolving issues
• Share ownership of quality assurance, test automation, continuous integration/delivery, and production operations
• Escalate challenges and risks promptly to ensure timely resolution

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field, plus 12+ years of relevant experience
• Deep expertise in Java; proficiency in Python/Go is advantageous
• Strong backend/server-side development experience
• Proven experience with large-scale platform engineering and distributed systems
• Demonstrated leadership of technical initiatives with a track record of successful delivery despite complex technical challenges, organizational dynamics, and ambiguity
• Proficiency with gRPC services
• Strong knowledge of relational databases, SQL, and object-relational mapping (Hibernate)
• Demonstrated expertise in unit testing, functional testing, automated regression testing, and test integration
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Proficiency with Git, Maven, Gradle, and CI/CD tools
• Strong understanding of Scrum methodology
• Ability to collaborate effectively within geographically distributed teams
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) experience required
• Experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot Microservices, and Spring Cloud Stream
• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging systems (Kafka, Pulsar, RabbitMQ). Preferable experience working with Dapr
• Full-stack development experience with JavaScript and Angular is beneficial
• Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience
• AWS certifications (Cloud Practitioner, Developer, Solutions Architect) are advantageous
• Familiarity with Helm, Amazon EKS/OpenShift, and Terraform for cloud provisioning