VP, IT Engineering

Farmers Insurance Federal Credit Union • Burbank, CA

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About The Position

The Vice President of IT Engineering leads the credit union’s software engineering, enterprise architecture, application development, API/integration strategy, and technology delivery functions. This role ensures that all member‑facing and internal systems are designed, built, and supported in a way that increases operational efficiency, enables digital transformation, and advances the credit union’s strategic goals. The VP focuses on enterprise platforms, application modernization, development standards, integrations, automation, and delivery excellence—while partnering closely with Digital Delivery, Information Security, Lending, Operations, and the PMO to ensure technology supports a superior member and employee experience.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience leading software engineering, application development, or enterprise architecture teams.
• Strong background in application design, APIs, integrations, middleware, modernization, and cloud‑ready patterns.
• Experience in financial services, preferably credit unions , with familiarity around digital banking, lending, payments, or core systems.
• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional technology initiatives and drive modernization.
• Experience supporting digital banking platforms or fintech integrations.
• Prior responsibility for application governance, SDLC compliance, or audit‑ready engineering functions.
• Familiarity with enterprise PMO structures and strategic‑initiative alignment.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the software engineering and application delivery strategy, including development standards, patterns, and engineering best practices.
• Translate enterprise strategy into executable engineering roadmaps aligned to business goals and cross‑department needs (consistent with strategic‑alignment practices described in VP‑level PMO responsibilities).
• Drive application modernization, API‑first design, cloud‑ready architectures, and automation capabilities.
• Lead teams responsible for application development, API engineering, systems integration, and platform enhancements.
• Establish coding standards, SDLC maturity, quality practices, and engineering governance that support reliability, security, and reusability.
• Ensure development teams deliver high‑quality features and enhancements across digital channels, lending platforms, core system extensions, and internal business applications.
• Oversee enterprise integration strategy including APIs, eventing, middleware, and third‑party connectivity.
• Partner with business and technical stakeholders to design scalable application workflows that improve efficiency and reduce manual work.
• Define long‑term architectural direction supporting interoperability and credit‑union‑specific needs for digital, payments, lending, and operational systems.
• Ensure engineering solutions align with risk, security, fraud‑prevention, and compliance considerations identified in digital‑channel operations.
• Ensure engineering support for digital banking, mobile apps, online account opening, card services, contact‑center technology, and other digital channels (non‑infrastructure components only).
• Collaborate with Digital Delivery to prioritize and implement member‑experience enhancements, data‑driven optimization, and new digital capabilities (consistent with how digital‑channel strategy is described).
• Lead engineering contributions to digital roadmaps, vendor integrations, journey improvements, and modernization initiatives.
• Manage relationships with application, platform, and software vendors; evaluate new solutions; negotiate enhancements; and ensure proper roadmap alignment.
• Oversee application lifecycle management, licensing strategy, and coordination with PMO for major transformation or implementation projects.
• Ensure vendor solutions meet security, compliance, and performance expectations.
• Ensure engineering processes support regulatory and audit expectations across SDLC controls, change management, access, vendor oversight, and documentation.
• Contribute engineering components to exam responses, remediation, and cross‑functional governance (consistent with internal regulatory workflows and documentation expectations observed in NCUA‑related correspondence).
• Partner with the PMO and Information Security teams to ensure project execution meets compliance, quality, and strategic standards.
• Build, lead, and mentor high‑performing engineering teams with a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Develop engineering career paths, succession plans, and ongoing education focused on modern development practices, automation, and architecture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed