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Staff Product Manager - AI & Data Foundations

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Salary
$207.6K – $339.6K
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Senior · 8+ yrs
Posted
29 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Staff Product Manager - AI & Data Foundations is a full-time position located at the Plaid headquarters in San Francisco, designed for an experienced platform product manager focused on data and artificial intelligence infrastructure. This role suits a strategic and execution-oriented professional who wants to build foundational capabilities and developer platforms that scale across internal teams.

Role Overview

The Staff Product Manager - AI & Data Foundations role involves early-stage, hands-on work building shared platforms that power Plaid's artificial intelligence and data capabilities. The professional in this role will partner closely with data, machine learning, and platform engineers to take foundational capabilities from concept to production and scale them into reliable infrastructure. Responsibilities span the artificial intelligence platform, including evaluation infrastructure and large language model gateways, alongside data platforms such as Databricks and artificial intelligence-powered data tooling.

Key Responsibilities

Define the vision, roadmap, and success metrics for shared platforms powering data and artificial intelligence development across the organization.
Partner with data, machine learning, and platform engineers to design and ship foundational capabilities spanning artificial intelligence infrastructure, developer tooling, data platforms, pipelines, quality, and governance.
Build platforms chosen by internal teams, understand internal user needs, remove friction from common workflows, and measure success through adoption, developer velocity, reliability, and quality.
Balance immediate product team needs with long-term platform investments, deciding where to standardize, build shared primitives, enable experimentation, or use external solutions.
Partner with product, engineering, data, research, and security to identify shared needs and embed foundational artificial intelligence and data capabilities.
Translate complex technical decisions and platform trade-offs into clear narratives for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

Minimum of 8 years of product management experience, including direct experience building artificial intelligence or machine learning platform systems, applied intelligence products, or data infrastructure from concept to production.
Deep technical fluency in modern data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning systems regarding data storage, processing, and model development, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.
Demonstrated success operating in ambiguous, early-stage environments and turning loosely defined problems into decisions, shipped capabilities, and measurable adoption.
Platform mindset with experience building scalable developer or data platforms using well-designed primitives, APIs, and frameworks.
Ability to set long-term vision while delivering near-term experiments, specs, prototypes, and launches.
Strong communication skills with a commitment to responsible artificial intelligence and transparency in regulated or high-trust domains.

Nice to Have

Hands-on experience deploying large language models, embeddings, or agentic systems in production.
Experience building artificial intelligence developer tooling in production.
Familiarity with applied artificial intelligence in regulated or high-trust domains such as fintech, identity, or risk.

Skills and Tools

Large Language Models (LLMs)
Embeddings
Agentic Systems
Databricks
AI Developer Tooling
AI Infrastructure
Data Platforms
APIs

Salary and Benefits

Salary range from $207.6K to $339.6K
Offers equity
Comprehensive benefit plan including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)

About the Company

Plaid builds tools and experiences that thousands of developers and millions of people rely on for financial management, connecting financial accounts to applications and services. Founded in 2013, the company network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK, and Europe, maintaining headquarters in San Francisco alongside offices in New York, Seattle, Washington D.C., Raleigh, London, and Amsterdam.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply directly on the official Plaid careers page.

Skills and tech stack

DatabricksLLMsEmbeddingsAPIsLLM

Questions candidates ask

What is the location of the Staff Product Manager - AI & Data Foundations role?

The position is located at the Plaid headquarters in San Francisco.

What is the salary range for this position?

The salary ranges from $207.6K to $339.6K, and the position includes offers for equity.

How many years of experience are required?

Candidates must have 8 or more years of product management experience, including direct experience building AI or ML platform systems, applied intelligence products, or data infrastructure.

What benefits are included with employment?

Plaid provides a comprehensive benefit plan including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k), alongside equity.

Where should I submit my application?

Candidates should apply on the official Plaid careers page.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official plaid careers page.

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