Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer, United States - BCG X

Locations

Boston; New York; Brooklyn; Chicago; Miami; Dallas; San Francisco; Seattle; Manhattan Beach; Pittsburgh; Los Angeles

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 founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation—driving complex change, enabling growth, building competitive advantage, and delivering 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, 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.

We Are BCG X

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

This job listing is for those who have previously earned a PhD or are in the process of earning and are looking to start full-time before November 2026.

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 Senior 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.

We are looking for talented individuals with a passion for software development, large-scale data analytics, and transforming organizations into AI-led innovative companies. Successful candidates possess the following:

• Apply software development practices and standards to develop robust and maintainable software
• Actively involved in every part of the software development life cycle
• Experienced at 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
• Enjoy collaborating in teams to share software design and solution ideas
• A natural problem-solver and intellectually curious across a breadth of industries and topics

What You'll Bring

This job listing is for those who have previously earned a PhD or are in the process of earning and are looking to start full-time before November 2026.

Please note: any degree programs (including part-time) must be completed before starting at BCG.

Technologies

Programming Languages: Python

Additional info

You must live within a reasonable commuting distance of your home office. As a member of that office, you are expected to be in the office as directed. This role accelerates personal and professional growth and development and may require extended working hours. Our work often requires travel to client sites.

For U.S. Applicants: BCG is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of administering all employment decisions and actions without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. BCG is an E-Verify Employer. Click here for more information on E-Verify.

The first year base compensation for this role is:
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer: $190,000 USD

Benefits

BCG offers a comprehensive benefits program that provides medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members at zero-premium costs. Plans include best-in-class coverage and additional perks:

• Zero-dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for employees, spouses, and children
• Low $10 (USD) copays for doctor visits, urgent care, and prescriptions for generic drugs
• Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
• Vision insurance for glasses and contact lenses
• Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
• Fully vested Profit-Sharing Retirement Fund contributions annually, plus 401(k) option
• Paid Parental Leave and family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
• Generous paid time off: 12 holidays per year, annual office closure between Christmas and New Year’s, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
• Paid sick time as needed

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

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