Junior Software Developer jobs in United States

Job Description

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.

What You'll Do

1. Roadmap Development: Partner with product owners, tech owners, and program teams to define technology roadmaps and set clear priorities for your portfolio.
2. Technical Delivery: Oversee the end-to-end delivery of technical projects, ensuring all phases of the product and program lifecycle are executed efficiently.
3. Program Execution: Collaborate closely with stakeholders, architects, and development teams to manage and deliver program plans effectively.
4. Problem Solving: Work with key stakeholders to understand business challenges and propose innovative technology solutions, including experimenting with new and emerging technologies.
5. Agile Practices: Apply Agile methodologies—such as work estimation, TDD, and BDD—to streamline development processes.
6. Architecture & Standards: Supervise technical architecture, tooling, platforms, and systems in coordination with Enterprise Architecture to maintain compliance with established standards.
7. Data & Integrations: Understand the data and integration landscape and collaborate with expert teams to support enterprise-level integration, reporting, and analytics.
8. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with enterprise teams on UX design, security best practices, cloud strategies, and platform engineering.
9. Team Leadership: Guide and coach a team of engineers, technical specialists, and architects, encouraging the adoption of innovative technologies and practices.
10. Technical Analysis: Lead technical analysis and estimation efforts for custom-built applications.
11. Best Practices: Drive the adoption of release management and automation best practices.
12. Incident Management: Ensure thorough root cause analysis and prompt remediation during incidents or outages.
13. Vendor Coordination: Work with external vendors to supplement team capacity and expertise when necessary.

You're Good At

You bring solid development and program leadership experience to drive technical governance, innovation, integrations, and cloud strategies using emerging technologies like Gen AI.

You thrive in environments that demand independent problem-solving, analytical thinking, and clear communication. In this role, you will:

• Demonstrate thought leadership in technology innovation and transformation.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate effectively with business and technology leaders, influencing decisions through your insights.
• Exhibit initiative, self-motivation, and a collaborative spirit while working independently and as part of a team.
• Dive into technical details when needed, balancing hands-on problem solving with an end-to-end perspective.
• Build strong relationships and maintain a respectful, team-focused approach.
• Adapt to a fast-paced, multicultural, and service-oriented work environment.
• Uphold organizational values and guidelines while interpreting them to drive business improvements.
• Take ownership and be accountable for your work and the team’s performance.
• Be detail-oriented, well-organized, and decisive when setting priorities.
• Stay curious and committed to continuously upskilling as technology evolves.
• Be available for occasional international calls outside regular business hours as required.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer or information sciences or a similar field
• 10+ years of relevant experience in delivering IT Transformation initiatives, preferably in large international organizations
• Hands-on technology development and implementation experience
• Experience in agile development environments with all aspects of SDLC with globally distributed teams
• Ability to lead/perform software development, and make architectural recommendations relevant to business needs
• Good understanding of security best practices from a development and deployment perspective
• Strong technical competence, with the ability to learn new tools and technologies rapidly
• Flexibility and entrepreneurial spirit to adapt to changing requirements and priorities
• Experience leading solutions across various technology stacks, including Object-Oriented design, SOLID principles, and modern design patterns
• Development experience in Microsoft .NET Framework and front-end JavaScript frameworks like Angular & React
• Knowledge of relational databases like Oracle, MS SQL Server, and NoSQL databases like MongoDB or DynamoDB
• Experience with SOA & Microservices architecture, REST APIs, queue-based messaging, Mulesoft/Kong is a plus
• Experience with on-premise/cloud infrastructures, SDLC pipelines, deployments, and best practices
• Experience working on AI/Gen AI implementations and models
• Knowledge of application testing, automation, and performance testing tools
• Working knowledge of Agile Scrum methodologies

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to various protected characteristics. BCG is an E-Verify Employer. More info