Senior Software Engineer - AI-Driven Decisioning

FICO; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Learning opportunities

Work-life balance

Employee resource groups

Job summary

FICO seeks an engineer to advance AI-driven software in decisioning systems. You will guide coding agents, write precise specs, and ensure production-grade quality.

Work with product teams to apply rigorous verification, manage risk in regulated environments, and contribute to scalable, trusted analytics platforms. Proficiency in Python/SQL/JS and cloud platforms is valuable in this role.

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering within large, complex codebases.
• Hands-on with AI coding agents (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor).
• Ability to evaluate agent outputs for errors and architectural weaknesses.
• Clear, testable specifications and definitions of done for agents and engineers.
• Disciplined verification with checks and test coverage in regulated contexts.
• Results‑oriented delivery with accountability for quality and correctness.
• Familiarity with Python, SQL, JavaScript/TypeScript, AWS or Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD, ML deployment, or real-time decisioning systems.
• Experience with spec-driven development or context engineering is a plus.
• Background in decisioning, credit risk, fraud detection, analytics, or data engineering is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product teams to translate ideation into structured Proof of Concepts and define technical feasibility and scope.
• Produce detailed specifications and acceptance criteria enabling coding agents to generate correct, maintainable output through deployment.
• Apply rigorous quality standards to agent output within regulated decisioning contexts.
• Operate within the agentic harness using guides, architectural rules, and automated sensors.
• Identify root causes of recurring agent errors and implement systemic controls to prevent recurrence.
• Maintain repository documentation, specifications, and contextual knowledge as a shared system of record.
• Apply focused technical judgement to architecture decisions, latency, risk, and auditability.

Skills

Software engineering

AI coding agents

Technical judgement

Requirements writing

Quality checks

Cloud platforms

Python

SQL

JavaScript/TypeScript

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

ML deployment

Real-time decisioning

Regulated delivery

Tools

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

Codex

Cursor

Job description

FICO seeks an engineer to advance AI-driven software in decisioning systems. You will guide coding agents, write precise specs, and ensure production-grade quality.

Work with product teams to apply rigorous verification, manage risk in regulated environments, and contribute to scalable, trusted analytics platforms. Proficiency in Python/SQL/JS and cloud platforms is valuable in this role.