(Senior) Forward Deployed AI Engineer, China - BCG X

Locations: Hong Kong | Taipei

Who We Are

BCG pioneered strategy consulting more than 50 years ago, and we continue to innovate and redefine the industry. We offer multiple career paths for the world’s best talent to have a real impact on business and society. As part of our team, you will benefit from the breadth and diversity of what we are doing today and where we are headed next. We count on your authenticity, exceptional work, and strong integrity. In return we are committed to supporting you in discovering the most fulfilling career journey possible—and unlocking your potential to advance the world.

BCG X

BCG’s New Tech-Build and Design Business Unit Is Home to the World's Best Tech Talent. 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.

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

As a 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

• 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 and 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

• Degree in Computer Science or relevant field

• 2 years+ of relevant work experience or advanced personal project experience leveraging latest AI tool chain.

• Experience in software development and working with global and remote agile squads

• Proficiency with analytic software programming ideally in python, C++, or SCALA

• Familiarity with the storage, manipulation, and management of relational, non-relational and streaming data structures

• Understanding of parallel computing

• Experience working on

  • AWS, Azure, or Google cloud
  • Full stack development: GraphQL, React, JavaScript, TypeScript
  • DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform
  • Data: SQL, Spark, Hadoop

• Familiarity with data science and machine learning libraries (e.g., Pandas, Scikit-learn)

• Fluency in English and either Mandarin or Cantonese is required.

Who You'll Work With

• BCG X Managing Director and Parnters (MDP’s), Data Scientists and AI Engineers

• BCG Consultants at all levels

• Vendors, 3rd party partners (both at BCG and at Clients)

Additional info

Ability to travel based on client and business needs. Expect 60-70%

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