Senior Director, AI-Driven Full-Stack Engineering

Bain & Company, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 196,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Generous PTO

Fully vested 401(k) contribution

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Bain & Company in Chicago is seeking a senior full‑stack engineer who will own the Growth AI Performance System frontend and backend. You will lead a small team, implement a design system, and collaborate with AI engineers and consultants to deliver dense analytical interfaces for enterprise clients.

You’ll drive feature development across dashboards, scenario tools, and pricing analytics while maintaining production-ready APIs and a strong emphasis on reliability and security.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in full-stack software engineering with hands-on frontend and backend work.
• Experience managing engineers, performance reviews, and growth plans.
• Track record shipping data-dense analytical interfaces for professional users.
• Experience leading a design system or component library across a multi-feature product.
• Experience in client-facing or consulting-adjacent environments is a strong plus.
• Associate/Bachelor in CS/Engineering or related field, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship end-to-end frontend features for Growth AI Performance System.
• Own feature areas and interface workstreams across dashboards and tools.
• Create data-dense, chart-heavy interfaces with time-series views.
• Integrate agentic AI capabilities into user-facing features.
• Develop and maintain backend APIs serving domain outputs at production scale.
• Lead the engineering implementation of design system components.
• Write clean, testable code and own CI/CD pipelines.
• Mentor engineers, manage performance, and recruit for the team.
• Collaborate with consulting teams to translate feedback into improvements.

Skills

Full-stack engineering (10+ yrs)

Team leadership

React/TypeScript

AI/ML integration

Frontend/backend development

Education

Associate’s/Bachelor’s in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Azure or AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Bain & Company in Chicago is seeking a senior full‑stack engineer who will own the Growth AI Performance System frontend and backend. You will lead a small team, implement a design system, and collaborate with AI engineers and consultants to deliver dense analytical interfaces for enterprise clients.

You’ll drive feature development across dashboards, scenario tools, and pricing analytics while maintaining production-ready APIs and a strong emphasis on reliability and security.