William Blair & Company
AI

Lead Data Scientist - AI Engineer

William Blair & Company · Chicago, IL, US · $175k - $200k

Actively hiring Posted 2 months ago

Responsibilities

  • Build AI-powered features and agents using Enterprise Claude and proprietary ML models, integrated directly into the Salesforce workflows bankers use every day.
  • Develop LLM applications for banking use cases including automated comparable analysis, buyer recommendation, meeting intelligence summarization, and deal status briefings.
  • Design and maintain data pipelines using Databricks and Dagster for feature engineering, model training, and real-time analytics.
  • Work directly with deal teams and industry groups to identify high-impact automation opportunities and translate banker pain points into working solutions.
  • Perform rapid prototyping and exploratory analysis—build proof-of-concept tools quickly to validate ideas before investing in production-grade implementations.
  • Integrate third-party AI tools (Rogo.ai, Blueflame AI, Fellow.ai) via APIs and ensure seamless data flows across the composable architecture.
  • Write well-tested, production-quality code with rigorous engineering practices: code reviews, CI/CD, monitoring, and documentation.
  • Contribute to the team's engineering standards and share knowledge as the team scales.
  • 3+ years of software engineering experience with full-stack capability and a track record of shipping production applications.
  • Experience building applications or agents using large language models: prompt engineering, RAG architectures, LLM orchestration, or tool-use patterns.
  • Experience building interconnected multi-agent ecosystems — implementing agent coordination, shared tooling, and communication patterns across autonomous components.
  • Solid ML fundamentals: ability to perform data analysis, build and evaluate models, and work with feature pipelines.
  • Rigorous engineering habits—you believe in tested code, clean architecture, and building for maintainability from the start.
  • Familiarity with capital markets; experience in or adjacent to investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or hedge funds is strongly preferred.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred), data tools (Databricks, Spark), and pipeline orchestration (Dagster, Airflow, or similar).
  • Outcome-focused mindset—you care about whether bankers actually use what you build and whether it moves the needle on their productivity.

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience in a Forward Deployed Engineer, solutions engineer, or embedded technical role with direct business stakeholder accountability.
  • Experience deploying multi-agent ecosystems into production environments — including operational monitoring, failure handling, and end-to-end lifecycle management.
  • Exposure to financial services workflows: deal execution, pitch preparation, due diligence, or financial modeling.
  • Experience working with Salesforce APIs or CRM platforms as integration surfaces.
  • A builder's mentality: you have side projects, open-source contributions, or a portfolio that demonstrates curiosity and initiative beyond your day job.

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