Solution Architect in Frome

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 fulfil your career potential!

The Opportunity

FICO is looking for a Solution Architect with expertise in Customer or Loan Acquisitions, loyalty management, Fraud prevention, etc. This role is part of the Solution Sales team and requires strong customer‑facing ability in addition to domain expertise in consumer credit (or) fraud. The incumbent would play a pivotal role in combining domain and technical skills and assist in selling the FICO platform to banks.

What You’ll Contribute

• Create technology strategy with client to fast‑track platform adoption.
• Develop deep relationships with client technology executives, understand client technology roadmap and co‑create platform roadmap to accelerate adoption.
• Develop reference client architectures based on successful implementations across domains such as Fraud, Marketing, Originations, Account Management, and Collections.
• Establish best practices around the platform, covering topics like Integrations, Data, Security, Scalability, Resilience, Composability, Extensibility, and Cost Pattern Library.
• Curate and validate an adoption pattern library that includes cross‑cutting practices related to Authentication, Authorization, Role Management, Release Management, etc.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to incorporate updates on platform evolution and provide feedback to enhance the platform.
• Work with Delivery teams to showcase best‑in‑class references from real‑life implementations.
• Empower sales and pre‑sales with collaterals to instil confidence in clients regarding platform adoption best practices.
• Support the Platform Success Manager teams to remove obstacles on platform adoption and cross sell, post‑sales.

What We’re Seeking

• Deep hands‑on experience on Credit Policy implementation throughout customer lifecycle – Marketing, Originations, Account Management, Collections, etc. for secured and unsecured consumer lending.
• Relevant experience working as an Enterprise Architect/ Solutions Architecture in a sizeable organization.
• Deep understanding of Financial industry capability landscape with hands‑on experience of EA frameworks like TOGAF/ Zachman/ BIAN or similar.
• Experience with Mortgage, Commercial Lending and Leasing is a plus.
• Experience with Wealth Management is a plus.
• Hands‑on exposure on any Applied intelligence platform is a plus (FICO, SAS, PEGA CDH, Databricks, etc.).
• Deep knowledge on architecture principles – Microservices, Domain Driven Designs, Composability, Extensibility, Scalability, etc.
• Good team player, excellent attitude and communication skills.
• Open to travel.

Our Offer to You

• An inclusive culture reflecting our core values: Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others.
• Opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally through learning experiences.
• Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards.
• Engaging, people‑first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events.

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.

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 depends 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!

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 are 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.