Job Overview
Location
Work from Home, United States
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Engineering
Date Posted
May 20, 2026
Full Job Description
📋 Description
- • As Director of AI Engineering at FICO, you will lead innovation and strategic growth across the company's platform, working at the forefront of Generative AI efforts to drive the application of large language models and cutting-edge AI technologies to enhance fraud detection, streamline decision authoring, automate customer communication workflows, and optimize overall performance.
- • You will lead, develop, and coach a high-performing engineering team by fostering a culture of aligned autonomy, clear communication, and continuous learning, while actively recruiting top talent and setting clear direction for hiring strategies.
- • You will partner with stakeholders and product managers to understand business priorities and translate them into actionable engineering roadmaps that harness advanced AI capabilities for meaningful outcomes.
- • You will drive the design and implementation of AI solutions — including LLM-powered decision automation, fraud detection, and process optimization — to strengthen FICO's position as a market leader.
- • You will define best practices for model evaluation, governance, and monitoring to ensure AI systems remain accurate, reliable, secure, and compliant at scale.
- • You will build and maintain systems for continuous model monitoring, A/B testing, backtesting, and drift detection to keep deployed models performing at their best over time.
- • You will collaborate closely with UX designers, product teams, and engineering leaders to align AI capabilities across the platform and deliver a cohesive user experience.
- • FICO is a leading global analytics software company helping businesses in 100+ countries make better decisions, with a culture that values inclusion, innovation, and impact in AI-driven decisioning.
🎯 Requirements
- • Proven experience building and leading engineering teams to deliver advanced AI solutions, with deep expertise in Large Language Models and their application to decision automation, fraud detection, and process optimization.
- • Hands-on experience with model fine-tuning, in-context learning, and custom evaluation frameworks, alongside a strong command of backtesting, A/B testing, and drift detection methodologies to ensure reliable model performance in production.
- • Solid understanding of model monitoring, governance, and compliance practices, with a commitment to responsible AI and the ability to architect scalable, secure, AI and data-driven systems that meet rigorous production standards.
- • Familiarity with compliance and regulatory requirements in AI-driven decisioning environments, and a working knowledge of modern software engineering practices and design patterns.
- • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to work across departments and align engineering efforts to broader business goals.
- • 10–15 years of industry experience in software, machine learning, or data engineering, with a demonstrated history of leading complex, large-scale projects and applying LLMs to solve real-world challenges.
- • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, or a related field.
🏖️ Benefits
- • An inclusive culture strongly reflecting FICO's 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.
- • Targeted base pay range of $192,500 to $302,500, reflecting differences in candidate knowledge, skills and experience.
Skills & Technologies
Data Science
Senior
Remote
Degree Required
About Fair Isaac Corporation
Fair Isaac Corporation, commonly known as FICO, is a global data analytics and decision management software company. FICO provides analytics and decision management software for financial services, telecommunications, health and government, and other industries. The company is best known for its FICO Score, a credit score widely used by lenders to assess credit risk. FICO's solutions help businesses make better decisions, improve operational efficiency, and increase profitability by leveraging data and advanced analytics. Their offerings include credit scoring, fraud detection, debt collection, and customer management tools, enabling clients to manage risk and drive growth.
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