FVP, Platform & Automation Engineering

Axos Bank • San Diego, CA

20d • Onsite

About The Position

Axos Bank is seeking a First Vice President of Platform & Automation Engineering to advance Operational Transformation’s mission of using AI and automation to improve operational efficiency across Commercial Lending, Commercial Banking, and Securities. This hands-on technical leadership role owns the shared technical platform and stack used by delivery pods, including ReTool, n8n, the AI/intelligence agent layer, the operational data store (ODS), and the API layer. The role sets consistent standards and patterns so multiple pods build on a common foundation.

The position combines deep, practical AI and engineering expertise with direct technical execution. The FVP determines where AI tools and agentic automation are reliable for production and where guardrails are needed, and personally engages with complex technical challenges. Forward Engineering and Platform Engineering across all pods report into this role. The FVP leads those teams’ technical practices and development while serving as the standing platform expert and accountable technical escalation point.

This position reports onsite in San Diego, California; remote and hybrid work are not available. The target salary range is $150,000–$170,000 per year. The role is eligible for annual discretionary cash and restricted stock unit bonus targets of 15% each; awards may be made semi-annually based on performance goals and targets.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field.
• At least 10 years of software engineering experience, including meaningful hands-on architecture or platform-lead experience.
• 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 that multiple teams build against.
• Current working knowledge of AI/LLM technology.
• Proven experience shipping AI or 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.

Responsibilities

• Own the shared platform architecture, including the ReTool front-end/UI layer, n8n workflow and automation layer, AI/intelligence agent layer, ODS, and connecting 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 ODS data model and API-layer design decisions used by all pods.
• Ensure compliance with engineering and information security policies and directives.
• Design and govern the AI/intelligence agent layer, defining production-use criteria, appropriate guardrails, and standards for building new agents.
• Implement an AI-driven development lifecycle (AIDLC) across Operational Transformation, incorporating AI into planning, coding, testing, and delivery.
• Translate the transformation’s goal of improving operational efficiency through AI and automation into technical execution.
• Ensure AI-enabled automation across pods follows consistent technical standards.
• Personally drive technical execution across pods and step into their most challenging technical problems.
• Lead, develop, and hold Forward Engineers and Platform Engineers accountable across pods, including supporting technical career growth and consistent technical practices.
• Partner with each pod’s Process Product Management function to translate business-process findings into sound technical designs before development begins.
• Serve as the technical escalation point for Commercial Lending, Commercial Banking, and Securities when architecture or design decisions need an accountable owner.
• Establish technical testability and automation standards for Quality Assurance across pods.
• Own pod-level technical delivery pace and quality through the Forward Engineers and Platform Engineers embedded in each pod.
• Maintain technical coherence across pods and identify and correct pattern drift before it creates 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 of vacation, and approximately 11 holidays per year.
• HSA or FSA account and other voluntary benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match.
• 529 Savings Plan.
• Employee Mortgage Loan Program.
• Free access to an Axos Bank account with Self-Directed Trading.
• Eligible for annual discretionary cash bonus target of 15%.
• Eligible for annual discretionary restricted stock units bonus target of 15%.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive