Own architectural strategy for the AI-delivered software portfolio - platform direction, integration patterns, infrastructure choices, and long-term technical roadmap.
Partner with the Director, AI Innovation on the Creator-to-Builder handoff and the MVP Tag Team model, jointly owning the pipeline from validated POC to production-grade system.
Own SDLC, CAB (Change Advisory Board), audit, regulatory, and governance posture for all production systems under the Builders team, ensuring AI-delivered software meets the bank's compliance and control requirements.
Oversee production operations including incident response strategy, uptime and availability targets, observability frameworks, and on-call practices for the team's portfolio.
Drive AI-augmented engineering practices for the team - tool evaluation, model selection, prompt and output governance, and the review standards that make AI-assisted production development trustworthy.
Set the technical roadmap including platform investments, refactoring and modernization programs, technical-debt reduction, and tooling adoption.
Manage team budget, capacity planning, resource allocation, and vendor relationships including AI platforms, development tools, and infrastructure.
Represent the Builders team in executive, governance, risk, compliance, and cross-functional leadership forums; advocate for technical investments that protect long-term delivery velocity and system reliability.
Collaborate with the Chief AI and Innovation Officer on long-term platform, data, and technology direction for the bank.
Travel required: 0-10 %
Requirements
4 Year Bachelor's Degree: Technical or Engineering Degree preferred.
Technical field with MBA, or AI / Machine Learning concentration preferred. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
10 years of software development and production system ownership experience (Technical) required.
1 year of working proficiency with C# / .NET and Angular experience required.
1 year of l eadership of teams using AI-assisted development tools at production scale, including establishing review and governance practices preferred.
1 year of p ython or other popular languages beyond C# / .NET and Angular, or demonstrated ability to pick up and evaluate new languages and platforms quickly preferred.
5 years of experience in financial services, banking, healthcare, or other regulated industries preferred.
1 year of e xperience partnering with innovation, product, or analytics teams on prototype-to-production pipelines preferred.
Demonstrated success leading production software development teams in regulated environments, with full accountability for hiring, performance, and strategic direction.
Required strong working proficiency in C# / .NET Framework and Angular (core stack for the Builders team), with enough depth to set architecture direction and evaluate team technical decisions.
Required strong working proficiency in C# / .NET Framework and Angular (core stack for the Builders team), with enough depth to set architecture
Benefits
Health insuranceRemote work options
Additional Information
Mechanics Bank is currently searching for a Director, Builders to join our team. Here at Mechanics Bank, we value connection, partnership, long term relationships and working together in person. This is a fully remote opportunity.
The Director, Builders leads the Builders team - the development organization accountable for taking AI-delivered MVPs (Minimum Viable Products) into production and owning them through their full lifecycle at Mechanics Bank. This role owns the production posture for every AI-delivered system in the portfolio: architecture strategy, SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) and change management, audit and regulatory readiness, reliability, security, and long-term evolution. The Director, Builders partners with the Director, AI Innovation on the Creator-to-Builder handoff through the MVP Tag Team model - the working model where a Creator and Builder partner side-by-side during MVP Build to translate a validated POC into enterprise-grade software - ensuring the bank's AI pipeline flows cleanly from idea to production to permanence. The role leads AI-augmented engineering practices across the team, governs tool and model adoption, and maintains the technical standards, quality gates, and handoff acceptance criteria that make AI-delivered software trustworthy at scale. Reports to the Chief AI and Innovation Officer.
Mechanicsbank · Los Angeles, CA