Vice President – Technical Architecture, Platform Architecture

FICO

. Refine and evolve the FICO Platform’s technical architecture strategy, defining and maintaining architectural principles, standards, and patterns that guide engineering teams in building scalable, reliable, and high-performance platform solutions.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $210,000 - $330,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Refine and evolve the FICO Platform’s technical architecture strategy, defining and maintaining architectural principles, standards, and patterns that guide engineering teams in building scalable, reliable, and high-performance platform solutions.
Work in close partnership with engineering leaders to drive execution of architectural initiatives throughout the delivery lifecycle, bridging the gap between architectural vision and engineering reality to ensure practical and achievable outcomes.
Lead platform modernization initiatives including cloud-native transformation, API strategy, and microservices evolution, while identifying and resolving technical debt that impacts platform scalability and performance.
Establish and maintain architectural governance frameworks, lead architecture review boards, and define KPIs that measure platform health, scalability, and technical alignment across engineering teams.
Partner cross-functionally with Product Management, Cloud Operations, and Security teams to ensure architectural decisions support product roadmaps, infrastructure capabilities, and compliance requirements.
Serve as a senior technical thought leader within the engineering organization, staying ahead of industry trends and championing innovative architectural approaches that leverage emerging technologies.
Mentor and develop architects and senior engineers, building a strong community of practice around technical excellence and elevating architectural thinking across the organization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive experience as a senior platform architect with a proven track record of designing, evolving, and implementing large-scale enterprise platform architectures in complex SaaS or PaaS environments.
Demonstrated ability to drive architectural initiatives through successful implementation in close partnership with engineering organizations, with a strong track record of ensuring designs are practical, achievable, and delivered with excellence.
Deep technical expertise in cloud-native architectures, microservices, distributed systems, and API design, with strong hands-on background in AWS cloud services and containerization technologies.
Expertise in establishing architectural governance frameworks that balance consistency with engineering autonomy, with experience leading architecture review processes that drive alignment across large engineering organizations.
Exceptional ability to balance long-term architectural vision with pragmatic near-term execution, making strategic decisions that have significant and lasting impact on platform capabilities.
Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills with proven ability to articulate complex architectural concepts to diverse audiences and build consensus across technical and business stakeholders.
Strong passion for developing architectural talent with experience building communities of practice, mentoring senior engineers, and elevating technical capabilities across the organization.
Bachelors/ Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud-native architecturemicroservicesdistributed systemsAPI designAWS cloud servicescontainerization technologiesarchitectural governance frameworkslarge-scale enterprise platform architecturesSaaSPaaS

Soft Skills

communication skillsstakeholder managementmentoringcommunity buildingstrategic decision makingcollaborationleadershipproblem solvingconsensus buildingtechnical excellence

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceMaster's degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's degree in Computer EngineeringMaster's degree in Computer Engineering