Target Range:
$100,000.00 /Yr. - $150,000.00 /Yr.Actual starting pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, experience, skills, specialty, and education.
Eligible for an Annual Discretionary Cash Bonus Target: 10%Eligible for an Annual Discretionary Restricted Stock Units Bonus Target: 10%These discretionary target bonuses may be awarded semi-annually based upon your achievement of performance goals and targets.
About This Job
We are seeking a motivated AI Engineer to join our newly formed AI Center of Excellence. This role is pivotal in driving the adoption and implementation of artificial intelligence across Axos. The ideal candidate will translate complex business needs into scalable, production-grade AI powered solutions.This position is on-site and may be located at our office in San Diego CA, Irvine CA, or Centennial CO.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their challenges and translate requirements into technical specifications for AI-driven solutions
- Build and test prototypes rapidly to validate new ideas and demonstrate feasibility to stakeholders
- Deliver scalable, secure, and production-grade AI applications on cloud platforms
- Writing clean, scalable, and documented code
- Work independently to manage projects from initial review to final delivery, ensuring alignment with CoE standards
- Stay current with the latest advancements in AI/ML and advocate for the adoption of new technologies and techniques
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in software engineering with strong proficiency in languages like Python
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs, JSON, and system integration patterns
- Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JWTs
- Familiarity with git or Azure DevOps for version control
- Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI applications
- The ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in the financial services or banking industry
- Experience with cloud-native AI services (e.g., Azure AI Foundry or Google Vertex AI)
- Experience with AI/LLM-powered applications, developer tools, or observability platforms (e.g. Langchain framework)
- A “get stuff done” attitude—comfortable shipping fast and iterating based on user feedback
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Axos Employee Benefits May Include:
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
Paid Sick Leave, 3 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 and free access to an Axos Bank Account with Self-Directed Trading
About Axos
Born digital-first, Axos delivers financial tools and services that allow individuals, small businesses, and companies to access and manage their money how, when, and where they want. We’re a diverse team of dynamic, insightful, and independent innovators who are excited to provide technology-driven solutions that offer unbeatable value to our customers.
Axos Financial is our holding company and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "AX" (NYSE: AX).
Learn more about working at Axos
Pre-Employment Background Check and Drug Test:
All offers are contingent upon the candidate successfully passing a credit check, criminal background check, and pre-employment drug screening, which includes screening for marijuana. Axos Bank is a federally regulated banking institution. At the federal level, marijuana is an illegal schedule 1 drug; therefore, we will not employ any person who tests positive for marijuana, regardless of state legalization.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Axos is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Job Functions and Work Environment:
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to sit for extended periods of time. Manual dexterity and coordination are required while operating standard office equipment such as computer keyboard and mouse, calculator, telephone, copiers, etc.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
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What We Do
Axos is a technology-driven financial services company providing a diverse and ever-growing range of innovative products and services for personal, business and institutional clients nationwide.
Powered by exceptional team members, a clearly defined set of values and a culture that is both meritocratic and self-governing, we are transforming banking as we know it.
Our mission is summed up in two words: Banking Evolved.
Banking Evolved means providing products and services that are technologically superior to our competitors and that offer our customers an unbeatable value proposition.
Banking Evolved means continuously innovating and excelling in the following areas:
• The incubation, creation and deployment of new businesses and tools that best serve our customers;
• The evolution, optimization, delivery, distribution and marketing of our products;
• The harnessing of data and technology to manage our business most effectively and efficiently; and
• The development and engagement of our team members.
To be part of the Axos team is to live our values as your own, to work with a strong sense of individual purpose and to embody a commitment to the shared success of our business.
As a meritocracy, we believe that success is earned. We reward individuals on the basis of their achievements.
As a self-governing organization, we derive strength from the internal resourcefulness of each individual. We emphasize independence, goal-setting and personal accountability.
