Responsibilities
- Design, build, and extend ML models (LLMs and traditional ML) that deliver high-accuracy insights from ghSMART’s structured leadership dataset; own end-to-end experimentation, evaluation, and deployment.
- Develop RAG-based agents and algorithms to unlock novel leadership insights from our research database.
- Integrate advanced solutions and AI Agents into the Leadership Intelligence Platform and partner cross-functionally to align features with strategic objectives and user needs.
- Optimize data pipelines and workflows to ensure robust, efficient data ingestion, transformation, and model serving across engineering teams.
- Collaborate on research with academic partners and contribute to publications and thought leadership by validating findings with rigorous methods.
You Bring
- 5+ years of ML engineering experience building and shipping large-scale models and systems (training, tuning, inference, MLOps, monitoring).
- Hands-on expertise with RAG frameworks and LLMs, including designing retrieval strategies, prompt orchestration, evaluation, and deployment at scale. Experience building AI agents via the LangChain, LangGraph framework is a plus.
- Strong data engineering fundamentals across pipelines, data quality, and feature engineering to support reliable ML workflows. Experience with Databricks and Azure is a plus.
- Security and privacy mindset, with experience applying best practices to protect sensitive data in ML systems.
- Collaborative, remote-first working style with clear communication and ownership; familiarity with Salesforce (SFDC), Jira, Confluence, and Git.
Top Skills
What We Do
ghSMART is always hiring A-Players, for more information on current openings visit ghsmart.com/careers.
Since our founding in 1995, our mission has always been to use our expertise in business and human behavior to help CEOs, boards, and investors build valuable organizations. Because we work with those who share our belief that leadership is the ultimate lever for positive change and value creation, we regularly serve the largest private equity firms, leading investment management firms, Fortune 500 companies, and highly respected non-profits.
We are proud of the fact that, over the past decade, 97% of our clients have told us they are highly satisfied with our work. We bring a high touch and bespoke approach to every client engagement. We consistently exceed client expectations by leveraging:
--Unmatched experience: We have executed over 21,000 assessments with over 550 organizations across every major industry; and in every major economic region of the world. As a result, we have the largest relevant database in existence on leadership performance.
--Top caliber talent: We combine senior PhD psychologists with top 1% business talent from academy companies like McKinsey, Bain, Boston Consulting Group, GE, etc.
--Robust, proprietary methods: We advise on high stakes people decisions using a rigorous, fact-based approach. Our research has been the basis for two bestselling books (Who: The A Method for Hiring and Power Score: Your Formula for Leadership Success) and a Harvard Business Review cover article (What Sets Successful CEOs Apart).
--Independent perspective: Our clients appreciate our objective perspective due to our 100% employee-owned structure and our singular focus on leadership advisory.
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