FVP, Platform & Automation Engineering
About The Position
Axos Bank is seeking a First Vice President of Platform & Automation Engineering to make Operational Transformation’s mission real: using AI and automation to drive operational efficiency across Commercial Lending, Commercial Banking & Securities. This is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for architecting the platform and technical stack that delivery pods build on, including ReTool, n8n, the AI/intelligence agent layer, the operational data store (ODS), and the API layer. The role establishes standards and patterns for consistent development across five or more pods. The FVP brings practical depth in AI technology, understands what AI tools can reliably automate and where guardrails are needed, and personally drives technical execution. Forward Engineering and Platform Engineering across all pods report into this role. The position reports onsite to Axos Bank’s San Diego, California location; remote and hybrid work are not available. The role owns shared-platform architecture and governance, implements an AI-driven development lifecycle (AIDLC), and leads technical execution and delivery quality across pods. It partners with Process Product Management, serves as the technical escalation point across business areas, and maintains technical consistency across Servicing, Portfolio Management/Special Assets, Securities, and Commercial Banking.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including meaningful time in a hands-on architecture or platform-lead capacity.
- Current, hands-on experience with low-code/workflow automation platforms such as ReTool, n8n, or direct equivalents.
- Direct experience designing and operating API layers and operational data stores (ODS) used by multiple teams.
- Current working knowledge of AI/LLM technology.
- Proven experience shipping AI/agentic automation into production.
- Track record implementing AI-driven development practices (AIDLC) at scale, with measurable delivery impact.
- Experience setting engineering standards across multiple teams.
Nice To Haves
- Financial services or other regulated-industry experience is strongly preferred, given the audit and compliance context surrounding ODS, API, and AI-driven changes.
Responsibilities
- Own the technical architecture of the shared platform stack, including ReTool, n8n, the AI/intelligence agent layer, the ODS, and the API layer.
- Set and enforce engineering standards and design patterns across pods, including schema conventions, API contracts, reusable n8n node patterns, and ReTool component standards.
- Own the ODS data model and API layer design decisions used by every pod.
- Ensure compliance with engineering and information security policies and directives.
- Own the design and governance of the AI/intelligence agent layer, including production-readiness guardrails and standards for building agents.
- Implement an AI-driven development lifecycle (AIDLC) across Operational Transformation, embedding AI in planning, coding, testing, and delivery.
- Translate the transformation’s goal of operational efficiency through AI and automation into concrete technical execution.
- Ensure AI-enabled automation across pods follows a consistent technical standard.
- Personally drive technical execution across pods and step into their most challenging technical problems.
- Lead, develop, and hold Forward Engineers and Platform Engineers across pods accountable, including supporting technical career growth and consistent technical practice.
- Partner with each pod’s Process Product Management function to turn business-process findings into sound technical designs before development begins.
- Serve as the technical escalation point across Commercial Lending, Commercial Banking & Securities for design and architecture decisions.
- Establish technical testability and automation standards for Quality Assurance across pods.
- Own pod-level technical delivery pace and quality through embedded Forward Engineers and Platform Engineers.
- Maintain cross-pod technical coherence and identify and correct pattern drift before it results in incompatible platform forks across Servicing, Portfolio Management/Special Assets, Securities, and Commercial Banking.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Paid sick leave, three weeks’ vacation, and holidays (about 11 a year).
- HSA or FSA account and other voluntary benefits.
- 401(k) Retirement Saving Plan with employer match program and 529 Savings Plan.
- Employee Mortgage Loan Program.
- Free access to an Axos Bank Account with Self-Directed Trading.
- Annual discretionary cash bonus target of 15%, potentially awarded semi-annually based on achievement of performance goals and targets.
- Annual discretionary restricted stock units bonus target of 15%, potentially awarded semi-annually based on achievement of performance goals and targets.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
