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Kunai

End-to-end product development for enterprises

Technical Project Manager: Core Bank Modernization

Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's
Remote in USA
Remote
Project & Program ManagementProject Management

About the job

Requirements
  • Strong project management experience, with demonstrated organizational and communication skills.
  • Proven stakeholder engagement ability, including navigating complex organizational structures.
  • Financial industry experience, specifically domestic banking.
  • Comfort reporting and escalating directly to senior and executive audiences.
  • A clear bias for action and the ability to move work forward rather than wait for ideal conditions.
  • Experience working through ambiguity on a project without a fully defined playbook.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills across technical and business audiences.
  • A bachelor's degree; alternatively, for each missing year of college, three years of specialized training and/or progressively responsible work experience in technology beyond the minimum years of experience required for the role.
Responsibilities
  • Own day-to-day management of a core banking modernization initiative, including planning, tracking, and reporting.
  • Navigate ambiguity and shifting priorities with a clear bias for action rather than waiting for perfect clarity.
  • Build relationships across the client's organization and understand who owns what and how decisions are made.
  • Escalate progress, risks, and blockers clearly and confidently to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
  • Coordinate across technical and business teams to keep modernization work moving toward its goals.
  • Surface risks and dependencies early and work with stakeholders to resolve them before they become problems.
  • Translate technical detail into language that senior, non-technical audiences can act on.
  • Build and maintain trust with stakeholders at every level, from day-to-day contacts to senior sponsors.

About the company

Kunai is a software development partner that helps established companies and fast-growing startups turn ideas into scalable, shipped digital products. It combines engineers, designers, and product managers to take concepts from napkin sketches to live products used by millions, offering end-to-end execution and long-term partnerships. Unlike some vendors that work in silos, Kunai emphasizes enduring collaboration—evidenced by a long-term relationship with Capital One that led to a partial acquisition and a portfolio spanning four major payment networks, four top-ten US banks, seven Fortune 500 technology companies, and ten unicorn startups. The company’s goal is to turn ideas into reliable, scalable products and maintain lasting relationships that help clients grow."

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

San Ramon, California

Founded

2001

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Kunai’s October 2026 site markets AI, cloud, and data engineering aggressively.
  • LinkedIn showed active hiring in March 2026, including cloud and fullstack roles.
  • PwC’s network access should expand Fortune 500 banking deals and cross-sell opportunities.

What critics are saying

  • PwC integration can erase Kunai’s standalone brand by 2026, collapsing employer identity.
  • Consulting work depends on bank budgets; downturns freeze transformations and delay renewals.
  • Large firms like Accenture and EPAM commoditize similar AI-cloud engineering, squeezing margins fast.

What makes Kunai unique

  • Kunai sells banking-domain product teams, not generic staff augmentation, since 2015.
  • Its portfolio spans payment networks, top banks, and unicorns, reinforcing deep fintech credibility.
  • PwC’s August 2025 acquisition gives Kunai enterprise distribution and global delivery leverage.

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Benefits

  • Fully remote
  • Flexible hours & vacation time
  • Learning & development
  • Health, dental, & vision
  • Parental leave
  • Career coaching

Company News

Crowdfund Insider
Aug 12th, 2025
PwC US Acquires AI Firm Kunai

PwC US has agreed to acquire nearly all assets of Kunai, a software consultancy specializing in AI and cloud-first platforms for the financial services sector. This strategic acquisition supports PwC's commitment to enhancing client services.

PwC
Aug 6th, 2025
PwC US announces agreement to acquire Kunai

PwC US announces agreement to acquire Kunai.

Securities.io
Feb 12th, 2025
Sandeep Sood, Founder And Ceo Of Kunai – Interview Series

Sandeep Sood, Founder and CEO of Kunai, has spent the past two decades building elite software teams. In 2015, he sold his first agency, Monsoon, to Capital One, where he spent the next three years gaining firsthand experience in how financial products are developed within a large corporation. This experience now informs the work at Kunai, enabling the company to deliver even more effective solutions.Kunai develops full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, infrastructure providers, and their customers. Leveraging a team of skilled designers, developers, and product managers, Kunai transforms ideas from initial concepts to large-scale deployment. By focusing on modernization and emerging industry trends, the company helps clients optimize their operations and position themselves for long-term growth in the evolving financial landscape.We discuss the future of AI, fintech, and stablecoins.What inspired you to start Kunai after your experience at Capital One, and how did your time at Monsoon and Capital One shape your approach to building Kunai?At Monsoon, I spent twenty years working with financial institutions from the outside – as a vendor. After our acquisition by Capital One, I learned what it was like to sit at the other side of the table – as an executive who managed teams and vendors