Principal (Forward Deployed AI Engineer)

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation—inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

BCG X

We're a diverse team of more than 3,000 tech experts united by a drive to make a difference. Working across industries and disciplines, we combine our experience and expertise to tackle the biggest challenges faced by society today. We go beyond what was once thought possible, creating new and innovative solutions to the world's most complex problems. Leveraging BCG's global network and partnerships with leading organizations, BCG X provides a stable ecosystem for talent to build game-changing businesses, products, and services from the ground up, all while growing their career. Together, we strive to create solutions that will positively impact the lives of millions.

What You'll Do

Our BCG X teams own the full analytics value-chain end to end: framing new business challenges, designing innovative algorithms, implementing and deploying scalable solutions, and enabling colleagues and clients to fully embrace AI. Our product offerings span from fully custom-builds to industry-specific leading-edge AI software solutions.

As a Principal (Forward Deployed AI Engineer) you'll be part of our rapidly growing engineering team and help to build the next generation of AI solutions. You'll have the chance to partner with clients in a variety of BCG regions and industries, and on key topics like climate change, enabling them to design, build, and deploy new and innovative solutions.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Developing and delivering thought leadership in scientific communities and papers
• Leading conferences on behalf of BCG X
• Taking a larger and more proactive role in shaping the strategy of BCG X and of BCG overall
• Working closely with partners and managing directors to drive the company's growth and business development
• Developing and delivering thought leadership
• Managing teams of AI scientists, engineers, and designers

Successful candidates are intellectually curious builders who are biased toward action, scrappy, and communicative.

We are looking for builder-type developers with a strong foundation in AI/ML, including GenAI (LLMs, LangChain), and experience in either data engineering or modern full-stack development. The ideal candidate is a passionate software engineer eager to apply advanced technologies to help organizations become AI-led and innovation-driven.

Successful candidates possess the following:

• Comfortable in a client-facing role; manage engagements and client relationships; provide "thought leadership" to teams
• Apply software development practices and standards to develop robust and maintainable software
• Experienced in guiding non-technical teams and consultants in best practices for robust software development
• Optimize and enhance computational efficiency of algorithms and software design
• Motivated by a fast-paced, service-oriented environment and interacting directly with clients on new features for future product releases
• A natural problem-solver and intellectually curious across a breadth of industries and topics
• Strong project management skills; able to act as interface between business and tech for our clients

What You'll Bring

• Advanced Degree or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Proven experience architecting and deploying AI/GenAI solutions, including Agentic AI systems, at enterprise scale
• Experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs), including platforms such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or open-source models
• Proficient in Python and skilled in full-stack development using React, JavaScript, TypeScript, with experience in CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with the storage, manipulation, and management of relational, non-relational, and streaming data structures
• Experience building and deploying production systems on major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) is a plus
• Strong record of professional accomplishment and leadership; demonstrated ability to lead and manage projects and teams
• Proven ability to drive topics and make a commercial impact
• Strong communicator with the ability to guide non-technical stakeholders and contribute in a fast-paced, service-oriented environment

Additional Information

• We are hiring for this role at both Lead and Principal levels.
• Candidates will be assessed holistically based on relevant experience and key role attributes.
• Ability to travel based on client and business needs.

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

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