Job Description
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 fulfill your career potential!
The Opportunity
"As a principal scientist, you'll have a unique opportunity to build, train and deploy FICO's range of AI models.As part of a small team, your contributions will shape the technology and architecture of our newest models, which span language, structured transactional data and other modalities." - Senior Director, Analytic Science
What You'll Contribute
Develop AI models, as well as the high-level analytic deliverables and innovation projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams (e.g., Pre-sales, Product Management, Development) to meet project roadmaps and delivery timelines.
IP creation of algorithms and systems, leading to patent files.
Communicating to high-level stakeholders internally and externally.
Conduct hands-on analysis of large historical datasets to identify the best modeling techniques, demonstrating expertise in various algorithms and modeling processes with cutting-edge analytic techniques.
Guide and mentor scientists to support their career development.
Understand the needs of FICO's clients (in financial services and other areas) and translate those into products, models and software.
Drive innovation and inorganic growth of new and existing analytic products through offering and promoting refined ideas.
What We're Seeking
MS or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics, other related fields.
Extensive experience in machine learning and AI model development.
Experience with distributed training of modern AI architectures (transformers, encoders, decoders, language models, diffusion).
Experience with Reinforcement Learning (RL) and Self Supervised Learning (SSL).
Experience working with large datasets across diverse modalities.
Excellent software engineering skills, and experience in Python, Rust, PyTorch, C++, Java, Kotlin. Real-world experience with distributed systems and concurrency.
Extensive experience in analyzing large datasets using Python, Perl, or Bash, including data cleaning and statistical analysis to uncover insights.
Prior experience managing high quality, on-time model development projects and driving innovation in the modeling process and offerings.
Requires full-time on-site presence at the FICO San Diego, CA.
Willingness to travel up to 10%.
Our Offer to You
An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our 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.
The targeted base pay range for this role is: $154,000 to $242,000 with this range reflecting differences in candidate knowledge, skills and experience.
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.
