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About the Role

Axos Bank is seeking a technically fluent, high-impact Product Owner to lead product ownership for Axos Bank's Core Services platform. This role requires deep comfort with backend systems, APIs, data flows, and engineering trade-offs, serving as the connective tissue between engineering teams and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the product backlog for Core Services platforms including Identity, Rules Manager, Document Service, Notifications, and core banking APIs
• Deep-dive into technical architecture, API contracts, data schemas, and system dependencies to write precise, engineer-ready epics, features, and user stories
• Drive prioritization decisions grounded in technical debt, system risk, regulatory impact, and business value
• Partner with Engineering leadership to evaluate feasibility, identify constraints, and ensure scalable, maintainable solutions
• Act as the single point of accountability for backlog clarity, readiness, acceptance criteria, and definition of done
• Lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release planning in close collaboration with delivery teams
• Enforce strict release governance—features are well-defined, tested, and aligned with SLA expectations before shipping
• Monitor production incidents and system health metrics; translate operational data into actionable backlog priorities
• Drive cross-team alignment across Clearing, AAS, OLB, Commercial, QA, and Infrastructure teams
• Provide executive-ready reporting on roadmap progress, risks, blockers, and delivery outcomes
• Evaluate technical proposals and tradeoffs with engineering teams, including service isolation strategies, caching layers, and API versioning approaches

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years as a Product Owner / Product Manager with demonstrated ownership of backend or platform engineering teams
• Strong working knowledge of REST/GraphQL APIs, microservices architecture, distributed systems, and event-driven design
• Ability to read and interpret technical documentation, API specs, ERDs, and architecture diagrams
• Proven ability to write detailed, unambiguous user stories and acceptance criteria for backend systems
• Experience managing complex cross-system dependencies, integration risk, and competing engineering priorities
• Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environments alongside senior engineers, architects, and QA teams
• Experience in regulated environments—banking, fintech, or financial services strongly preferred
• Strong communication skills; able to bridge technical and executive audiences with equal fluency

Skills

• REST/GraphQL APIs
• Microservices architecture
• Distributed systems
• Event-driven design
• Agile/Scrum

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 5+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

• $70,000.00/Yr. - $115,000.00 /Yr
• Annual Discretionary Cash Bonus Target: 10%
• Annual Discretionary Restricted Stock Units Bonus Target: 10%

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave, 3 weeks’ Vacation, and Holidays
• 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 the Company

• 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).

Equal 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.
• 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.
• Axos participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States.
• The E-Verify program is an internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
• IER Right to Work Poster (English/Spanish)
• E-Verify Participation Poster (English/Spanish)