Lead Forward Deployed AI Engineer, India - BCG X

Mployee.me; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

BCG X in Mumbai/Gurgaon seeks a Lead/Principal AI Software Engineer to drive Gen AI and agentic AI initiatives. You will shape strategy, design scalable AI solutions, and partner with clients across regions to implement innovative software platforms.

Ideal candidates bring deep software development experience, cloud proficiency (AWS, Azure, GCP), and a passion for transforming organizations with AI-driven products and services.

Qualifications

• Apply Gen AI/Agentic AI capabilities to transform businesses/SDLC.
• Experience in Conversational AI or Agentic automation or lifecycle.
• Involved in design, scoping, solution design, development, deployment and adoption.
• Guide non-technical teams in robust AI platforms development.
• Optimize for accuracy, latency and costs of AI deployments.
• Client-facing with strong collaboration and thought leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end AI value chain: frame challenges, design algorithms, deploy scalable solutions.
• Lead AI software development and contribute to product leadership and conferences.
• Partner with clients across regions to design and deliver AI-enabled solutions.
• Mentor teams on best practices for Gen AI platform development.

Skills

Gen AI

Agentic AI

AI platforms

LangGraph

AWS Bedrock

GCP Geminin Enterprise

Azure AI Foundry

Crew AI

LLMs

Cloud infra

Parallel computing

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform

SQL

Spark

Hadoop

Job description

Locations

Mumbai | Gurgaon

Who We Are

We are BCG X. Our global team of 3,000 tech experts are united by a drive to make a difference. Working across industries and disciplines, we go beyond what was once thought possible, creating new and innovative solutions to the world’s most complex problems. BCG X provides a unique 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. BCG X designs & builds custom scalable tech solutions & software, not cookie cutter solutions as exist in the market, in deep collaboration with companies' teams. These tech solutions & software are focused on the top value creation programs of a company, CEO agenda level, amplifying their impact & their odds of success BCG X works hand-in-hand with BCG’s deep sector and functional experts, maximizing the full transformative potential of these programs & deployments BCG X taps into end-to-end tech design & build capabilities, with nearly 3000 experts, delivering solutions that are industrial-grade to sustain deep change across global companies, and partners actively with the digital ecosystem. BCG X solutions & software are tech agnostic BCG X is a force multiplier for BCG functional/sector expertise to build and scale disruptive high-impact software-enabled business solutions and unites tech builders, designers, and entrepreneurs with the world’s leading talent in AI, deep tech, digital growth, sustainability, and more. BCG X is a specialty business part of BCG. We support companies in creating custom AI solutions that bring about end-to-end business transformation, design and develop digital products and services, and build digital businesses from the ground up. AT BCG X we, We steer to transform, working with senior leaders to foster bold ambition and resources trade-offs We strive for value/impact, delivering massive, short-term impact fast and building disruptive winning solutions for long-term We believe in tailoring software solutions deployed at scale over the latest market platforms to maximize the impact We are not tech-first. We are not business-first. We build tech and business together. BCG and BCG X bring together the best of consulting and the best of tech to accelerate the digital journeys of large organizations. BCG X is a force multiplier for BCG functional/sector expertise to build and scale disruptive high‑impact software‑enabled business solutions To know more about the group, kindly visit the following links: BCG X: Overview | LinkedIn 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 AI 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 Lead/Principal AI Software 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 AI led business transformation, 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.

We Are Looking For Talented Individuals With a Passion For Software Development, Large-scale Gen AI/ Agentic AI Programs And Transforming Organizations Into AI Led Innovative Companies. Successful Candidates Possess The Following

• Apply Gen AI/ Agentic AI capabilities to transform businesses/ SDLC
• Experienced in developing solutions related to Conversational AI or Agentic process automation or Agentic software development lifecycle
• Actively involved in every part of the life cycle including product design, scoping, solution design, development, deployment and adoption
• Experienced at guiding non-technical teams and consultants in and best practices for robust Agentic AI platforms development
• Optimize for accuracy, latency and costs of deploying Agentic AI solutions
• Motivated by a fast-paced, service-oriented environment and interacting directly with clients on new features for future product releases
• Enjoy collaborating in teams to share AI platforms design and solution ideas
• A natural problem-solver and intellectually curious across a breadth of industries and topics

What You’ll Bring

• Deep Experience in software development and working with global and remote agile squads
• Proficient in implementing AI platforms like LangGraph, AWS Bedrock, GCP Geminin Enterprise, Azure AI Foundry, Crew AI etc.
• Optimize and enhance computational efficiency of algorithms/ LLMs and AI platforms
• Familiarity with the storage, manipulation, and management of relational, non-relational and streaming data structures
• Understanding of parallel computing
• Experience working on Large Language Models (LLMs), AWS, Azure, or Google cloud infrastructure
• Apply software development practices and standards to develop robust and maintainable software
• Comfortable in a client-facing role, manage engagements, client relationships, provide “thought leadership” to teams
• Experienced at guiding non-technical teams and consultants in and best practices for robust software development
• Motivated by a fast-paced, service-oriented environment and interacting directly 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

Nice To Have

• Build generative AI tool
• Full stack development: GraphQL, React, JavaScript, TypeScript
• DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform
• Data: SQL, Spark, Hadoop
• Data Science and machine learning (Pandas, Scikit learn)
• 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.

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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