Lead Developer - Data, AI, & Wealth Tech Platforms - Chicago, IL

Job Title: Lead Developer – Data Location: Chicago, IL – Madison Ave, Chicago, IL 60606 Position Type: Full Time Salary Range: $125,000.00 – $175,000.00 Overview We are hiring a Lead Developer for our Data, AI, and Wealth Tech teams to build and own enterprise‑grade data pipelines that integrate multiple wealth‑management systems into a unified Microsoft Azure / Fabric platform. The role combines data engineering, AI enablement, and business impact, requiring hands‑on architecture decisions and hands‑on execution. Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain reliable, production data pipelines that connect wealth platforms such as Tamarac, eMoney, Salesforce FSC, tax tools, AI notetaking tools, and other vendor or internal feeds. Implement API‑based and file‑based ingestion patterns including REST, SFTP, vendor extracts, and near‑real‑time feeds. Create curated, analytics‑ready datasets (dimensional and/or Data Vault style). Implement data quality, reconciliation, monitoring, SLAs, and alerting. Ensure secure, compliant data movement and governance, including lineage, access controls, and retention. Prepare structured and unstructured data for AI & ML initiatives, vectorized content pipelines, and Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows. Collaborate with BI, Wealth, Compliance, Platform, and Analytics teams to deliver shared outcomes. Participate in a hybrid work model, attending the office one day per week in the Chicago area and supporting offshore teams as needed. Provide mentorship and technical leadership, owning outcomes and driving a culture of reliability and scalability. Qualifications 7+ years of hands‑on data engineering experience. 1.5–2+ years of applied AI / advanced analytics engineering with real production implementations. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. Deep Microsoft Azure experience (required). Proven experience building production data pipelines that integrate complex enterprise platforms, including tools like Tamarac, eMoney, Salesforce FSC, tax planning software, and AI notetaking tools. Strong SQL and Python skills; Spark / PySpark experience highly valued. Experience with RAG, Prompt engineering, Multi‑agent architectures, Memory patterns, Re‑ranking, Semantic search / vector retrieval, Context augmentation, Human‑in‑the‑loop patterns, Workflow routing or model routing, and Chunking strategies for retrieval pipelines. Experience with agentic frameworks such as CrewAI, Microsoft Agent Framework, and LangGraph. Real production experience building and supporting end‑to‑end data pipelines in Microsoft Fabric. Experience designing for reliability, scale, and operational ownership. Preferred Wealth management or financial services data experience. Dealbreakers No hands‑on Microsoft Azure experience. AI background limited to theoretical coursework, workshops, or proofs‑of‑concept without production work. Must reside within 50 miles of a Savant office in the Chicago, IL area. Hybrid role requires in‑office presence at least once per week. Benefits Immediate access to a comprehensive benefits package. Choice of up to two medical plans. Health & Wellness Accounts (HSA or FSA). Flexible dental coverage. Vision insurance. Company‑paid life & AD&D insurance. Company‑paid disability coverage. 401(k) with company match (Roth and Traditional). Generous paid time off, including PTO, paid holidays, and additional life‑and‑family leave. Professional development paid time and billing for continuing education. Paid time for parental leave and bereavement. Employee assistance program. Exclusive discounts and wellness reimbursements. Allowance for company swag. Savant Capital LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. #J-18808-Ljbffr