Senior Software Engineer, Platinion (Digital BCG)

Location:

London

Geography:

Europe & The Middle East

Capabilities:

Strategy, Technology & digital

Industries:

Technology industries

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 work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.

Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.


BCG Platinion

As a seamlessly integrated part of the BCG network, we provide consulting services focused on the development and implementation of business-critical IT architecture and digital solutions. We create technology platforms and deliver exceptionally customized solutions of the future for our clients, from data strategies to next-generation customer journey solutions and transformational business models. We solve the most daunting challenges that companies face today and envision for tomorrow. Our style is entrepreneurial – nimble and innovative, with multifaceted, cross-functional teams and completely vendor-independent. Our unique selling proposition is technology expertise and delivery excellence.


Platinion was founded in 2000. Since then, we have grown continuously and successfully. Today we have offices in Europe, North and South America, Asia Pacific and Africa.

What You'll Do

At BCG Platinion we're keen to engage with experienced, passionate and creative Software Engineers who will help us unlock our client’s digital potential and ignite change. Meaningful work is at the core of everything we do. We build unique solutions to the complexities our clients face, while providing our people with opportunities to explore and grow. A community of leading experts, BCG Platinion team members have a natural springboard for professional growth and deeper opportunities to excel.

Senior Software Engineers at BCG Platinion:
Iterative: They are excited to prototype at all levels of fidelity
Collaborative: They have the ability and enthusiasm to work with researchers, engineers, business consultants, and other designers who will all challenge and support each other. 
Comfortable with ambiguity: They know projects and businesses move fast. That means the path forward isn’t always well-defined. They are comfortable and collaborative through our process.

You're Good At
Working closely with case team members to assess and coach digital teams in order to define technical strategies, architecture & engineering solutions
•       Applying your technical know-how and understanding of business contexts
Building digital apps, APIs and data solutions to drive digital transformation projects
Owning the delivery of specific software modules and helping to develop architecture technical solutions
Integrating front-end and back-end technologies and understanding how your team’s output fits within the overall client environment
Coaching other project members and helping to lead other consultants in their own workstreams when possible


What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)

4 to 8 years of professional software development experience ideally in digital delivery or technology consulting
A bachelors degree in computer science or related field
Experience with software engineering standards, unit testing, code reviews, and design documentation
Full stack experience in creating solutions for mobile and desktop 
Development skills in front-end or back-end programming languages 
Agile/Scrum development methods and tools; modern web & mobile frameworks and languages
•       Ability to deliver on user stories, fix bugs and reuse code and platforms
Strong interpersonal skills, analytical skills, combined with intellectual curiosity, and a desire and ability to "get things done"
Experience in at least one or more of the following:
Web technology and JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS and ReactJS
Scripting and object-oriented languages, e.g. Java, Python, and C#
Web services and message formats such as JSON, XML
Cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure as well as managed services on those platforms such as Beanstalk, Lambda, etc.
Mobile languages and frameworks such as Objective-C, ReactNative, and Java
Relational and noSQL databases
Data science and visualization applications such as Hadoop, Databricks, Spark, d3.js

Who You'll Work With

  • BCG Managing Directors and Partners (MDP’s)
  • PLA Managing Directors (MD’s)
  • BCG Consultants at all levels
  • PLA Consultants at all levels
  • Clients, vendors, partners
At BCG Platinion you will have the opportunity to travel around the globe to work with clients and BCG teams. At times, this role involves significant travel to client sites. The amount of travel will depend on client needs and nature of projects

Date Posted:

04-May-2022

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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