Candescent · 6 hours ago
Principal Manager AI
Elkhart County, IN
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
8+ years expCandescent is the leading cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions, transforming digital banking with intelligent solutions. The Principal Manager AI will lead a team of AI developers and scientists to design and deploy AI-powered software solutions for banks and credit unions, requiring a deep understanding of AI technologies and strong project management skills.
BankingFinancial ServicesSaaS
Responsibilities
Define and execute Candescent’s AI vision aligned with product and platform strategy
Provide leadership and mentorship to a team of Agentic AI/AI/ML professionals providing guidance on best practices and technical expertise
Partner with Product & Engineering to design secure, compliant, and scalable Agentic AI, Gen AI, AI & ML capabilities across our customer-facing and internal platforms
Identify opportunities for AI integration and expansion across various products & services
Plan, prioritize, and oversee the execution of Agentic AI / Gen_AI / AI / ML projects from conception to completion ensuring quality & timelines
Lead development of AI-powered features across the digital banking platform, including fraud detection, smart personalization, chat and voice assistants, and intelligent automation
Champion AI used cases in open banking—powering smarter financial decisions through data aggregation, partner integrations, and predictive analytics
Drive integration of third-party AI tools and services into Candescent’s platform through APIs and SDKs
Oversee full AI/ML lifecycle—ideation, experimentation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration
Establish and enforce best practices in model governance, quality management, bias mitigation, responsible AI & model explainability
Stay updated with the latest advancements in Agentic AI/Gen AI/AI/ML and propose innovative solutions to enhance the company's capabilities
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in AI, ML, Gen AI, Agentic AI, NLP, Modelling, Real time decisioning systems & Python programming with at least 2+ years of leadership capacity
Excellent leadership, communication, presentation and cross-functional collaboration skills
Experience in building Agents, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, transfer learning, transformers, deep Learning
Experience in enterprise SaaS platforms; fintech or banking domain, Conversational AI, experience in product based company is strongly preferred
Experience in GCP cloud, MLOps practices for CI/CD in AI/ML, deploying the APIs (FastAPI) & vector data bases
Set clear goals and expectations, drive innovation and mentor team to drive performance
Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects for scalable & optimized AI solution
Familiarity with Open Banking standards, APIs, data-sharing frameworks, embedding third-party AI tools/APIs into core product workflows
Company
Candescent
Candescent is a digital banking platform that offers online banking, account openings, and digital transaction services.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (7)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Donald Chesnut
Chief Design Officer
Gareth Gaston
Chief Product Officer
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