Enterprise API & AI Gateway Leader

Axos Bank; Centennial (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

HSA/FSA

Job summary

Axos Bank is seeking an API Platform Owner to lead the strategy, governance, and evolution of our enterprise API platform and its AI gateway. You will define roadmaps, governance standards, and oversee MCP and Apigee X implementations across teams, ensuring security, reliability, and scalable AI-enabled fintech solutions.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, and AI teams to accelerate innovation while maintaining regulatory compliance and enterprise-grade performance across APIs and

Qualifications

• 5+ years enterprise API architecture experience, with at least 1+ years on Apigee X or another AI-capable gateway
• Demonstrated experience designing, deploying, or governing LLM API integrations in production
• Familiarity with AI security risks and gateway‑level controls
• Experience with CI/CD for API proxies and policy artifacts
• Strong cross-functional delivery and collaboration skills

Responsibilities

• Design and operate an API and AI gateway governance framework on Apigee X
• Own governance of platforms and AI workloads, enforce standards and compliance
• Develop enterprise API and AI consumption strategy, including model routing and cost attribution
• Establish MCP server governance patterns for auth, audit, rate limiting, and policy enforcement
• Implement AI safety controls for prompt injection defense and PII redaction
• Define LLM API design standards across providers and failover
• Create security and compliance protocols aligned to financial regulations
• Design scalable microservices and AI-agent integration architectures
• Develop platform performance, reliability, and observability strategies
• Partner with CoE to enable programmable AI access through the gateway
• Contribute to Apigee X proxies, shared flows, and MCP integration

Skills

API architecture

Apigee X

OAuth 2.0

Cloud security

Python

Java

Node.js

Tools

Apigee X

MCP server

Vertex AI

GCP IAM

Job description

Axos Bank is seeking an API Platform Owner to lead the strategy, governance, and evolution of our enterprise API platform and its AI gateway. You will define roadmaps, governance standards, and oversee MCP and Apigee X implementations across teams, ensuring security, reliability, and scalable AI-enabled fintech solutions.

You will collaborate with engineering, security, and AI teams to accelerate innovation while maintaining regulatory compliance and enterprise-grade performance across APIs and