William Blair
williamblair.com
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Wealth Management & Financial Advisors
Asset Management & Funds
Investment Banking & M&A Advisory
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How William Blair hires
Truth index
B 78/100
Median time to fill
62 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
70%
Reposted roles
0%
William Blair scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 10 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 70% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 62 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Visa sponsorship
- United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 13 · green card filings: 2
- United Kingdom · Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker)
Overview
William Blair is an employee-owned investment banking and asset management firm that provides mergers and acquisitions advisory, capital raising and equity research, investment management for institutions and private wealth management for individuals and families. Founded in 1935, it operates offices across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, including London, Frankfurt, Madrid and Amsterdam. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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NavVis Transaction William Blair
William Blair acted as the sole and exclusive financial advisor to NavVis as it secures a $85M investment round, led by U.S. private equity firm The Jordan Company, as well as existing shareholders Yttrium (together with a consortium of industrial Family
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Astrodyne TDI Has Agreed to be Acquired by TE Connectivity William Blair
William Blair acted as the lead financial advisor to Astrodyne TDI, a portfolio company of Tinicum L.P., in connection with its pending sale to TE Connectivity.
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William Blair's Acquisition of Inner Circle Sports Discussed on Bloomberg TV William Blair
William Blair's acquisition of Inner Circle Sports (ICS) was discussed recently on Bloomberg TV's
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William Blair Completes Acquisition of Inner Circle Sports William Blair
William Blair today announced it has successfully completed its acquisition of Inner Circle Sports, a leading boutique investment bank focused on the global sports, media, and entertainment ecosystem.
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Sentinel Dock and Door Solutions and ASSA ABLOY Transaction William Blair
William Blair acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Sentinel Dock & Door Solutions, a portfolio company of Trivest Partners, in connection with its sale to ASSA ABLOY.
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Thibaut and Quad-C Transaction William Blair
William Blair acted as financial advisor to Thibaut, a portfolio company of Norwest Equity Partners, in connection with its sale to Quad-C Management.
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Sedex and Apax Funds Transaction William Blair
William Blair acted as lead financial advisor to Sedex, a portfolio company of Sedex Holdings Limited and LDC, in connection with its pending strategic investment from Apax Funds.
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William Blair Announces Acquisition of Inner Circle Sports William Blair
William Blair today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Inner Circle Sports, a leading boutique investment bank focused on the global sports, media, and entertainment ecosystem.
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How New State Sustainability Laws Are Set to Affect Packaging William Blair
New state Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws are set to cause ripples across the packaging industry.
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Trump Accounts - What Families Need to Know in 2026 William Blair
Trump Accounts are a new type of individual retirement account for children under age 18, created by federal law (IRC 530A).
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at William Blair over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
58
Postings analysed
20
Stack modernity
85/100AI adopter
Languages
SQL35%
Python25%
C#20%
JavaScript10%
Frameworks & libraries
Dagster10%
PyTorch10%
Angular5%
LangChain5%
Cloud & platforms
Azure40%
Databricks25%
Azure DevOps15%
Spark15%
AI & ML
LLM25%
Claude15%
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58 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$145k
Typical range
$73k – $275k
Open positions
37
25
Jobs
Junior
36%
Middle
16%
Senior
24%
Staff
8%
Architect
16%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 9 | $115k | $85k – $175k |
| Middle | 4 | $146k | $90k – $161k |
| Senior | 6 | $125k | $100k – $187k |
| Staff | 2 | $191k | $160k – $222k |
| Architect | 4 | $275k | $212k – $275k |
Highest paying role
Investment Banking Vice President - Private Capital Advisory, GP-Led Secondaries
$275k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at William Blair
By role, level and city, against the market · 37 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
81/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
51
18 opened / 18 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
63 days
faster than 21% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
39% ▲
Analytics
18%
Finance
9% ▼
Science & Research
9% ▲
Operations
5% ▲
Product
4% ▼
Actively hiring for Sales (+11 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Frankfurt am Main
Oct 2026
Added Scikit-learn to stack
Sep 2026
Added Pandas to stack
Sep 2026
Added NLP to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added LlamaIndex to stack
Sep 2026
Added LangChain to stack
Sep 2026
Added Hugging Face to stack
Sep 2026
Added Apache Kafka to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Los Angeles
Sep 2026
New location: San Francisco
Sep 2026
Added TypeScript to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
26
Hiring now
12
Countries
10
Busiest office
Chicago
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Chicago
United States
HQ
Chicago, Illinois
38 open roles 37 posted in 90 days 42% engineering 3% remote 50-200 est. staff $152k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Analytics, Science & Research
150 North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL 60606
New York
United States
Sales office
Boston, Massachusetts
11 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 27% engineering 10-50 est. staff $153k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Analytics
London
United Kingdom
Sales office
London, England
6 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales, Finance, Science & Research
Atlanta
United States
Sales office
6 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 10-50 est. staff $200k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Analytics
San Francisco
United States
Sales office
San Francisco, California
5 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 20% engineering 10-50 est. staff $143k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Analytics
Charlotte
United States
Sales office
Charlotte, North Carolina
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $175k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Operations
Los Angeles
United States
Sales office
Los Angeles, California
3 open roles 33% engineering 1-10 est. staff $158k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Analytics
Boston
United States
Regional office
Boston, Massachusetts
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $133k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Regional office
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
Shanghai
China
Regional office
Shanghai, China
1 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Analytics
Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Regional office
Frankfurt, Germany
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
Baltimore
United States
Regional office
Baltimore, Maryland
1 open roles 100% remote 1-10 est. staff $125k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Zurich
Switzerland
Regional office
Zurich, Switzerland
Singapore
Singapore
Regional office
Singapore, Singapore
Madrid
Spain
Regional office
Madrid, Spain
Philadelphia
United States
Regional office
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Hague
Netherlands
Regional office
The Hague, Netherlands
Sydney
Australia
Regional office
Sydney, Australia
Stockholm
Sweden
Regional office
Stockholm, Sweden
Denver
United States
Regional office
Denver, Colorado
Stamford
United States
Regional office
Stamford, Connecticut
Beverly Hills
United States
Regional office
Beverly Hills, California
Conshohocken
United States
Regional office
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Chevy Chase
United States
Regional office
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Radnor
United States
Regional office
Radnor, Pennsylvania
Wyncote
United States
Regional office
Wyncote, Pennsylvania
Jobs
$186k – $222k per year • In office • 5+ years exp • Chicago
Databricks
AI/ML
Claude
Dagster
Prompt Engineering
Function Calling
AI Agents
LLM
RAG
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DevOps
Azure
CI/CD
Cybersecurity
GDPR
Management
Telegram
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$157k – $187k per year • In office • 3+ years exp • Chicago
Databricks
AI/ML
Claude
Dagster
Prompt Engineering
AI Agents
LLM
RAG
Tool Use
Mobile
Clean Architecture
DevOps
Azure
CI/CD
Cybersecurity
GDPR
Management
Telegram
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$89k per year • In office • Master's Degree • Chicago
Python
SQL
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
LangChain
Spark
LlamaIndex
Embeddings
Scikit-learn
Prompt Engineering
NLP
Pandas
PyTorch
LLM
RAG
Hugging Face
Machine Learning
DevOps
Azure
AWS
Cybersecurity
GDPR
Analytics
Azure Data Factory
Management
Telegram
WhatsApp
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≈ $111k – $248k per year (Estimated) • In office • Master's Degree • Chicago
Python
JavaScript
SQL
Databricks
DevOps
Azure
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
GDPR
Management
Telegram
WhatsApp
Agile
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≈ $94k – $210k per year (Estimated) • In office • Bachelor's Degree • Chicago
GDPR
Management
Outlook
Telegram
WhatsApp
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$90k – $132k per year • In office • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Chicago
SQL
Copilot
Claude
Cybersecurity
GDPR
Management
Telegram
WhatsApp
Microsoft Office
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$170k – $212k per year • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Chicago
Python
SQL
C#
Databricks
AI/ML
Spark
TensorFlow
PyTorch
LLM
OpenAI
DevOps
Azure
Kubernetes
Azure AKS
Cybersecurity
GDPR
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Management
Telegram
WhatsApp
Agile
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$125k per year • In office • 1+ year exp • Bachelor's Degree • Atlanta • San Francisco • Los Angeles • Chicago
GDPR
Management
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$130k – $161k per year • Hybrid • 4+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Chicago
Python
SQL
C#
ASP.NET Core
Databases
Databricks
Microsoft Fabric
AI/ML
Spark
Embeddings
AI Agents
LLM
RAG
OpenAI
Agentic Workflows
DevOps
Rest API
Azure DevOps
Azure
CI/CD
Cybersecurity
GDPR
Analytics
ETL/ELT
SSIS
Azure Data Factory
Management
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