Python Job: Lead Engineer, Platinion (DigitalBCG)

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Boston Consulting Group

Location

Lisbon - Portugal

Job type

Full-Time

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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.


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What You'll Do


LEAD ENGINEER

As a Lead Engineer, you will work closely with clients to understand their issues, define digital strategies, architecture & engineering solutions, win buy-in for your recommendations, and collaborate with your BCG colleagues to transform client potential into performance. You will conduct research into emerging technologies, build proof of concepts as well as build digital apps, APIs and data solutions to drive digital transformation projects. You will be given end-to-end responsibility for larger, highly technical and more complex software components within a project, and begin to develop specialized industry knowledge to help you solve clients’ problems. You will fully integrate front and back-end technologies and understand how your software fits within the overall client environment. You will be positioned as a team lead, liaising closely with other discipline leads, owning intellectual leadership and have operational project responsibility.

As part of our BCG Platinion consulting team, you would work on a variety of technology topics, applying your engineering consulting skills to strategic technology challenges. You’ll be supported by an extensive training curriculum (the same programme as all BCG consultants), plus technology-specific training and mentoring to build your skills.


What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)


LEAD ENGINEER

  • [6+] years’ experience in software development, ideally in digital delivery or technology consulting
  • A combination of consulting and/or client facing experience with solutions architecture and core engineering experience
  • 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 with strong knowledge in React, Redux and Angular and back-end with strong knowledge on at least one or more of the following (e.g. Python, APIs, Node.js, Spring boot, Node.js, Golang)
  • Knowledge of Cloud Computing platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). Ability to deploy and run code on cloud native components.
  • Experienced with DevOps and production coding
  • Experience working in Agile development environments working in collaboration with design and / or architecture teams
  • Experience in instrumenting applications & acting on the outputs
  • Ability to deliver on user stories, fix bugs and reuse code and platforms
  • Solid understanding of how web applications work including security and best practices
  • Adequate knowledge of database systems and programming patterns & standards - especially related to web development
  • Strong collaboration skills across small and large project teams (QA, outside vendors, project managers, business sponsors, design teams) as well as strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrated personal ownership of tasks and tenacious approach to finding and fixing the root cause of issues
  • Experience in shaping an engineering community focused on sharing and growing knowledge
  • Working knowledge of data science and visualization applications such as Hadoop, Databricks, Spark, d3.js
  • Ability to bring unique tech perspectives from outside the consulting industry into BCG's typical engagements, requiring:

v Consulting experience required

v Strategic mindset (hypothesis driven, 80:20 mindset, iterative approach, activist stance)

v Self-management

  • Leadership potential to transform the consulting industry in particular around interaction with designers, architects and product owners

v Progressing thought leadership in deep tech

v New (but proven) methodologies or ways of working

  • Experience working with both technical and non-technical colleagues in a cross-functional, interdisciplinary environment, including strong written and verbal communication skills
  • University degree with above-average academic performance in a mathematical-scientific field, information technology
  • Passion and interest in researching new technologies and developing prototypes, POCs, and MVPs

NICE TO HAVE

  • Personal or professional work in the world (GitHub, App Stores, Websites)
  • Mobile development experience (iOS, Android)
  • AD authentication/authorization
  • Experience with asynchronous distributed systems
  • Experience or interest in user interface design, hardware/firmware, or new technology areas (e.g., AI/ML, Big Data, Blockchain, IoT, AR/VR)
  • Familiarity with agile and human-centered design processes


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
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