Principal (Forward Deployed AI Engineer) United States - BCG X

Locations: Boston | New York | Brooklyn | Chicago | Miami | Dallas | San Francisco | Seattle | Manhattan Beach | Pittsburgh | Los Angeles

About the role

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 will include developing and delivering thought leadership in scientific communities and papers as well as leading conferences on behalf of BCG X. As a core member of BCG X you will also take a larger and more proactive role in shaping the strategy of BCG X – and of BCG overall. You will work closely with partners & managing directors to drive our company’s growth & business development. Additional responsibilities will include 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.

Responsibilities

• Comfortable in a client-facing role, manage engagements, 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
• Have strong project management skills and can act as interface between business & tech for our clients

Requirements

• Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in engineering or related field with 8+ years of relevant experience
• 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

• You must live within a reasonable commuting distance of your home office. As a member of that office, it is expected you will be in the office as directed.
• This role puts you on an accelerated path of personal and professional growth and development and so, at times, requires extended working hours.
• Our work often requires travel to client sites.

Pay

The first year base compensation for this role is: $252,900 USD.

Benefits

• Zero-dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
• Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits, and prescriptions for generic drugs
• Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
• Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
• Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
• Fully vested Profit-Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
• Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
• Paid sick time on an as needed basis

Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.