Vice President – Technical Architecture, Platform Architecture

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Enhance and advance the technical architecture strategy for the FICO Platform by defining and upholding architectural principles, standards, and patterns that guide engineering teams in developing scalable, reliable, and high-performing platform solutions.

• Collaborate closely with engineering leaders to propel the execution of architectural initiatives throughout the delivery lifecycle, bridging the divide between architectural vision and engineering reality to ensure practical and achievable results.

• Spearhead platform modernization efforts, including cloud-native transformation, API strategy, and the evolution of microservices, while identifying and addressing technical debt that affects platform scalability and performance.

• Establish and uphold architectural governance frameworks, lead architecture review boards, and define KPIs that assess platform health, scalability, and technical alignment across engineering teams.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Management, Cloud Operations, and Security teams to ensure that architectural decisions align with product roadmaps, infrastructure capabilities, and compliance requirements.

• Act as a senior technical thought leader within the engineering organization, keeping abreast of industry trends and advocating for innovative architectural strategies that harness emerging technologies.

• Mentor and cultivate architects and senior engineers, fostering a robust community of practice focused on technical excellence and enhancing architectural thinking throughout the organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience as a senior platform architect with a proven history of designing, evolving, and implementing large-scale enterprise platform architectures in complex SaaS or PaaS settings.

• Demonstrated capability to drive architectural initiatives through successful implementation in close collaboration with engineering teams, ensuring designs are practical, achievable, and delivered to a high standard.

• Profound technical expertise in cloud-native architectures, microservices, distributed systems, and API design, with significant hands-on experience in AWS cloud services and containerization technologies.

• Expertise in establishing architectural governance frameworks that strike a balance between consistency and engineering autonomy, with experience leading architecture review processes that foster alignment across large engineering organizations.

• Exceptional ability to balance long-term architectural vision with practical near-term execution, making strategic decisions that significantly impact platform capabilities.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to articulate complex architectural concepts to diverse audiences and build consensus among technical and business stakeholders.

• Strong enthusiasm for developing architectural talent, with experience in building communities of practice, mentoring senior engineers, and enhancing technical capabilities across the organization.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• An inclusive culture that strongly reflects our core values: Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers, and Earn the Respect of Others.

• The chance to make an impact and grow professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and engaging in valuable learning experiences.

• Highly competitive compensation, benefits, and rewards programs designed to encourage you to perform at your best every day and be acknowledged for your contributions.

• An engaging, people-first work environment that promotes work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to foster interaction and camaraderie.