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Software Engineering Senior Manager - X Delivery

AT Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Software Engineering Senior Manager - X Delivery

Bangalore, India

Who We Are

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BCG X

BCG X is the tech build & design unit of BCG. Turbocharging BCG's deep industry and functional expertise, BCG X brings together advanced tech knowledge and ambitious entrepreneurship to help organizations enable innovation at scale. With nearly 3,000 technologists, scientists, programmers, engineers, and human-centered designers located across 80+ cities, BCG X builds and designs platforms and software to address the world's most important challenges and opportunities. Teaming across our practices, and in close collaboration with our clients, our end-to-end global team unlocks new possibilities. Together we're creating the bold and disruptive products, services, and businesses of tomorrow.

Practice Area Profile

What You'll Do

As a part of BCG's X team you will work closely with consulting teams on a diverse range of advanced topics. You will have the opportunity to leverage software development methodologies to deliver value to BCG's Consulting & case teams, Product teams and Practice Areas (domain) through providing software developer subject matter expertise, and accelerated execution support.
You will collaborate with teams to gather requirements, specify, design, develop, deliver and support software solutions serving client needs. You will provide technical support through deeper understanding of relevant software solutions and processes to build high quality and efficient technology solutions. Assignments will range from short term Proof of concepts/Minimum viable product to long term cases with enterprise grade software development as a critical enabler through the project level description of the role responsibilities and impact within the organization.

YOU'RE GOOD AT
Technical & Delivery Oversight

Thought partnering as a trusted advisor with highly demanding stakeholders / consulting teams on software development and delivery topics, drawing conclusions on a range of external and internal issues and dependencies
Taking ownership of technical envisioning, technical feasibility, timelines scoping and execution of enterprise grade software applications
Participate as required in requirements gathering workshop
Helps in establishing short and long-term objectives, plans and ensures adherence
Identifying roadmap dependencies and collaborate with cross functional teams
Identify and build necessary technical capabilities within the team thru upskilling using trainings and/or workshops

Software Engineering Architecture & Design

Architecting applications ensuring security, flexibility, scalability and performance
Solve complex business problems with technical solutions
Responsible for conducting periodic design and code reviews, and share constructive feedback with team members
Setting best practices and standards for development, integration and testing
Conceptualize and execute proof of concepts and drive MVPs
Coach on (new) technologies and establish a team-wide comprehension of solution design
Effectively balance guiding and execution; participate in coding.

People Management, Collaboration & Outreach

Experience in managing software development teams covering all facets of people management/employee life cycle from hire to retire including forecasting, recruitment, onboarding, appraisals, learning and development, career progression and off-boarding
Appraises team members' performances and offer continuous, realistic and constructive feedback to team members and ensure team members feel supported at all times
Seek support when necessary, from Leadership and Career Advisor to counsel team members periodically in alignment with team vision
Periodically conduct learning needs identification exercises and work with necessary teams to seek support on upskilling and needed technical training, and ensure they are in-line with the team's objectives and budgets
Ensure all team members are contributing to the best of their abilities within the guidelines prescribed by BCG
Create a working environment where team members feel comfortable, confident and develop a free to speak culture
Establish oneself as a technical guru for consulting/topic teams; Being the brand ambassador for software development in BCG
Communicate insights through sophisticated synthesis and packaging of results (including PPT slides and charts) with stakeholders / consulting teams; collecting, synthesizing, learnings & inputs into new best practices and methodologies
Contributes to team's content & IP development
Contribute to technical team recruiting globally

Problem Solving & Mentoring

You should be strong in solutioning with hands-on experience in software delivery, through the entire life cycle of software development
Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to develop and codify knowledge and provide appropriate technical advice where required
You will coach developers and build future ready engineering teams with best in the business tools, trends and technologies

Additional Technical Skills:

Must have strong experience

In Building cloud native PaaS solutions using AWS or Azure
In Object-Oriented design SOLID principles and modern design patterns
In Polyglot programming, experienced in multiple frameworks and platforms
In SOA & Microservices architecture implementation using REST APIs, queue-based messaging patterns, relational and NoSQL databases
In CD-CI through DevOps tools
Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
In modern Identity management with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect & SAML 2.0
Creating architectural design and deployment documents
Awareness of the latest security threats and mitigating them by design
TDD & BDD methodologies.

And workable knowledge of

Data ingestion pipelines
Data visualization with tools like Tableau or Power BI
Charting libraries like HighCharts, D3.js and Recharts
More than one of the following frameworks - NodeJS / Express, Python /Django, Java / Spring Boot, C#/.Net, Ruby / Rails
Front-end frameworks like Angular & React

And familiar with

Scrum and Kanban development methodologies.
Automation, performance and load testing tools
Knowledge of UI component libraries to produce high-quality production apps following a high-fidelity design and a specification.

What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)

Bachelor's / Master's degree in computer science engineering/technology or equivalent
12+ years of software development, with at least 8-10 years in Engineering management building end to end enterprise scale projects and MVPs
Proven experience in managing a team of at least 15+ cross-functional resources in a geographically dispersed set up
Hands-on experience in development / coding in relevant technologies
Thorough understanding of managing people processes, culture and values in a large-scale consulting or software set up
Proactive and highly organized, with strong time management and planning skills
Credible, confident and articulate, with excellent communication, presentation skills and interpersonal skills, and deliver ideas clearly and concisely to internal and external stakeholders at all levels of seniority
Strong leadership, professional attitude, highly self-motivated and driven - and leading by example
Ability to multi-task and stay organized in a dynamic work environment; Analytical and inquisitive, with excellent attention to detail
Thorough understanding of program management techniques and methods, especially Agile software delivery methodologies (SCRUM, KANBAN, etc.) and experience in other software development models and life cycle
Good knowledge of performance evaluation and change management principles
Proven experience in consistently managing project deliveries, with a requisite level of excellence in quality, cost, and operations
* Additional weightage for contributions made to open-source projects, blogs, forums etc. in relevant technologies #LI-RA1

Client-provided location(s): Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job ID: Boston_Consulting_Group-10064333
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • On-Site Gym
    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
    • Four-Day Work Week
  • Office Life and Perks

    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Company Outings
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Sabbatical
    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
    • 401(K)
    • Performance Bonus
    • Profit Sharing
    • Company Equity
  • Professional Development

    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)