AI Engineer, GSS

BAIN CAPITAL OVERVIEW

With approximately $225 billion of assets under management, Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms. We create lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. Over four decades we have strategically grown our platform to focus on Private Equity, Growth & Venture, Capital Solutions, Credit & Capital Markets, and Real Assets. Today, our team includes 1,990+ employees in 24 offices on four continents. 

We partner differently to help people and companies embrace possibility and realize potential. Founded as a private partnership in 1984, we have fostered a culture of innovation, entrepreneurialism, and agility, empowering our people to define and own their career trajectories. Today, our partnership approach enables us to pursue strategic growth, build enduring relationships with a robust external network, and collaborate across our integrated platform to connect the deep and diverse expertise that unlocks breakthrough insights.

Our people are the heart of our advantage. Colleagues at all levels have a seat at the table as they tackle business challenges with a principal investor mindset. By asking incisive questions, respectfully challenging one another, and remaining intellectually agile, we work together to achieve exceptional outcomes. 

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BAIN CAPITAL SPECIAL SITUATIONS OVERVIEW

Bain Capital Special Situations has $24 billion in assets under management and has invested $19 billion in ~250 deals across a balanced geographic mix of investments in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific since its founding in 2018. We provide bespoke capital solutions to meet the diverse needs of companies, entrepreneurs, and asset owners - in all market cycles. The strategy brings together equity and credit expertise, as well as corporate and real asset expertise, to provide solutions which cannot be met by traditional providers or other funds within Bain Capital. Our dedicated global team of approximately 145 investment and portfolio professionals contribute the local expertise and capabilities that enable these diverse investments.

WHY THIS ROLE IS UNIQUE

This role puts you at the intersection of AI and investing. You’ll sit alongside our Global Special Situations (GSS) investing and operations teams to design and deploy AI tools that make every part of the investment process more efficient, and more data driven. While fully dedicated to the GSS business, you will be part of the larger Bain Capital Data Science & AI Team, a group of data scientists, AI engineers, product managers, and business Analysts, building AI products and driving key AI initiative across all Bain Capital businesses.  You’ll have the freedom to experiment, the visibility to influence senior decision-makers, and the opportunity to stay at the forefront of rapidly evolving AI technologies, all while helping transform how the team invests. This is a hands-on, high-visibility role. You will be expected to build, experiment, and deliver — not just advise. At the same time, you will need the presence and judgment to work directly with senior investment professionals and advocate for your team's needs in a cross-functional setting.

• Impact: Influence on how a multi-billion-dollar investment team works, with a mandate to innovate.
• Breadth: Exposure to every stage of the investment process and to senior investors from day one.
• Autonomy: Freedom to experiment, fail fast, and build what matters.
• Learning Curve: Continuous access to frontier AI technologies and real-world use cases few other environments can offer.
• Apprenticeship: You will learn and be mentored by top-tier AI practitioners and investors, offering great opportunities to grow your career and develop your skills at the intersection of AI and investing.
• Global footprint: The GSS business has strong presence in North America, Europe and Asia. While based in Boston, in this role you will have the opportunity to travel frequently to NY, Europe and Asia and embed yourself with teams in those regions.

KEY RESPOSIBILITIES

• Identify high-value use cases by working directly with GSS investment professionals, translating business needs into technical projects, and delivering functional tools
• Build and deploy AI solutions to streamline all aspects of the investment process — from sourcing and market mapping to due diligence and portfolio analytics.
• Build and deploy AI solutions to streamline all aspects of internal business processes — from finance to operations, from legal to HR.
• Prototype and evaluate AI tools (LLMs, agents, data enrichment, automation frameworks, etc.) that can improve decision-making and team efficiency.
• Collaborate with investment professionals to identify high-value use cases, translate business needs into technical projects, and deliver functional tools.
• Collaborate with AI practitioners across Bain Capital businesses to share learnings, codify best practices, build common AI tools to accelerate path to impact
• Manage pilots with leading AI vendors, evaluate their fit, and lead implementations when appropriate.
• Maintain and extend internal data pipelines, API connections, and tool integrations supporting the investment platform.
• Act as an internal “AI champion” — helping train the team on new capabilities and ensuring adoption of the most useful tools and workflows.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Background:

• 3-5 years of experience at a top tier investment or comparable firm with a strong track record of delivering technical or analytically complex work
• Ability to remain highly hands-on and deeply embedded in the work while also operating independently and effectively advocating for priorities in a cross-functional environment.

Professional Experience/ Qualifications:

• Curiosity and experimentation mindset — someone who loves exploring new technologies and quickly figures out what is useful vs. hype
• Structured problem-solving and ownership — able to start from a loose idea, define the problem, build something, and deliver
• Strong communication and stakeholder fluency — able to work with investment professionals, data engineers, and vendors, and hold their own in senior conversations
• Grit and bias to action — gets things done without overcomplicating
• Team player — contributes actively to a broader AI community of practice and helps raise the bar for the whole function
• Comfortable writing Python, working with APIs, and experimenting with AI models and data tools
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, agentic AI frameworks, and workflow automation
• Familiarity with Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, or similar; experience with AI-centric IDEs such as Cursor or Windsurf a plus

Why Join us

We are in a journey to transform how we do our business with AI. In this role you will have the opportunity to innovate and help transform the Global Special Situations business at Bain Capital. You will learn about the latest AI technologies and collaborate with brilliant interdisciplinary team of investors and technologists shaping the future of the private investment industry.

Compensation:

Expected Annual Base Salary $120,000 – $150,000

Actual base salary will be determined by a wide range of factors including but not limited to role, function, level, experience, qualifications and geographic location. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based upon factors such as individual impact, team and firm performance. Bain Capital offers a competitive benefits package designed to support employees’ health, financial security, family needs, and overall well-being.

Bain Capital is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.