Williamblair816 IT Dedicated Advisory

Lead Data Scientist – AI Engineer

Chicagoonsitesenior$186K – $222K

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About this role

Solutions for Today’s Challenges. Vision for Tomorrow’s Opportunities. Join William Blair, the Premier Global Partnership. We are looking for a Lead AI Engineer to join a newly formed AI Innovation Function, part of the Investment Banking AI & Technology team. This is not a back-office engineering role. Inspired by the Forward Deployed Engineer model, you will be embedded directly with deal teams and industry groups—understanding their workflows firsthand, building AI-powered tools that deliver measurable outcomes, and taking end-to-end accountability for what you ship. You will set the engineering standards for the team: architecture decisions, code quality, testing practices, and deployment patterns.…

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