Kunai builds full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, infrastructure providers, and their customers. Together, we are changing the world’s relationship with financial services. At Kunai, we help our clients modernize, capitalize on emerging trends, and evolve their business for the coming decades by remaining tech-agnostic and human-centered.

You'll drive the retirement, remediation, and migration of legacy applications across a large-scale payments modernization program, working closely with engineering teams to plan and execute the path to a stable, well-managed end state. You'll be part of a team working on systems that support a major payments platform. Given the technical complexity of the systems involved, hands-on experience with digital payment networks is essential to defining business requirements accurately and engaging with engineering teams.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Own the roadmap for legacy application disposition across multiple workstreams in the payments program
Work with engineering teams to define technical requirements and sequence migration and remediation work
Track application inventories and disposition status, flagging risks before they become blockers
Coordinate migrations to target infrastructure, including timelines and dependencies between teams
Translate business and compliance requirements into clear, actionable technical work, drawing on direct knowledge of payment network functionality
Run backlog grooming, sprint planning, and other delivery ceremonies with engineering teams
Align stakeholders across business, technical, and compliance groups on priorities and trade-offs
Report progress and risk to program leadership with data to back it up
Identify opportunities to simplify or accelerate the legacy retirement process

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

5+ years of experience as a Product Manager or Technical Product Manager, ideally on infrastructure, migration, or modernization initiatives
Direct experience with digital payment networks (e.g., card, ACH, wire, or real-time payment rails) is required to accurately define and validate business requirements
Experience managing application retirement, remediation, or platform migration efforts
Comfortable working directly with engineering teams to shape technical scope and sequencing
Experience in payments or financial services technology environments
Experience with Agile delivery practices, including backlog management and sprint ceremonies
Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience aligning technical and business groups
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure migrations, ideally AWS
A clear communicator who can translate technical complexity for non-technical audiences and stay organized across many moving parts

Our success over the past 20 years is rooted in our exceptional team, which thrives in a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning.

We are proud to offer our employees a range of benefits, including competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and flexible work arrangements, all designed to help them thrive. As we continue to expand, we remain committed to cultivating an environment where people feel valued, have a voice, and are given the tools to grow—both personally and professionally—while pushing the boundaries of innovation in the fintech industry.

Minimum Degree Required:

Bachelor’s Degree, in lieu of a degree, demonstrating in addition to the minimum years of experience required for the role, three years of specialized training and/or progressively responsible work experience in technology for each missing year of college is required

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

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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.

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Aug 6th, 2025

PwC US announces agreement to acquire Kunai

PwC US announces agreement to acquire Kunai.

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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

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