Manager, Software Engineering, Ais Coe Job in Bain & Company

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Who You ll Work With

Vector is Bain s integrated digital and analytics capability, bringing together Enterprise Technology and AI, Insights & Solutions (AIS) to deliver cutting-edge innovation. AIS, formed through the merger of Bain's Advanced Analytics and Innovation & Design teams, is a diverse group of experts in analytics, engineering, product management, and design. Together, we create human-centric solutions that leverage the power of data and artificial intelligence to drive competitive advantage for our clients.

As part of AIS, the India-based Center of Excellence (COE) specializes in delivering Generative AI (Gen AI) and advanced engineering solutions for our clients globally. The COE will also lead the charge on building solution accelerators for our clients.

What You ll Do

As a Manager, AIS Software Engineering, you will lead the development and application of technical solutions to address complex problems in various industries. You will guide a diverse engineering team through the entire engineering lifecycle while collaborating with remote and distributed teams, including both technical and consulting teams across the globe. Your responsibilities will include designing, developing, optimizing, and deploying cutting-edge software engineering solutions and infrastructure at the production scale required by the world s largest companies.

• Collaboration: Work closely with colleagues in the AIS COE (e.g., data scientists, ML engineers, software engineers, platform engineers) to build software solutions that solve clients business problems.
• Technical Leadership: Serve as the overall technical leader, providing deep expertise in software engineering, distributed systems, AI, and application architecture design. Lead the development and delivery of end-to-end solutions for client cases.
• Development Lifecycle: Lead key parts of the software development life cycle, including architecture design, writing clean code, conducting code reviews, writing documentation, and identifying issues and resolutions.
• Framework Development: Collaborate on (or lead) the development of re-usable common frameworks, models, and components to address common software engineering problems across industries and business functions.
• Best Practices & Innovation: Drive best practices in software engineering and share learnings with team members in AIS. Promote industry-leading innovations to create significant client impact.
• Team Management: Contribute to creating a great working environment that attracts talented engineers. Act as a PD Advisor as needed and support recruiting and onboarding new team members.
• Travel Requirements: Minimum travel, based on project needs and training opportunities.

About You

Education & Experience:

• Bachelors/Master s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in web development, programming languages, version control, software design patterns, infrastructure, deployment, integration, and unit testing.
• 3+ years of experience managing software engineers.
• A proven track record of leading a team and collaborating on strategic initiatives, with experience in shipping production applications and software analytics products.

Technical Expertise:

• Expert knowledge (5+ years) of Python.
• Deep experience with server-side frameworks and technologies such as FastAPI, Node.js, Flask.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, DB design, scalability, and SQL, with experience in RDBMS (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra, Elasticsearch).
• Experience with client-side technologies such as React, Vue.js, HTML, and CSS.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps principles, CI/CD tools, MLOps, LLMOps, and infrastructure as code (Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform).
• Knowledge of software security, privacy regulations, and cybersecurity.

Soft Skills:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to colleagues and clients from other disciplines.
• Curiosity, proactivity, and critical thinking.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with people at all levels and with multi-office/region teams.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and thrive in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment.

About Us

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world s most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today s urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment. We earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 1% of all companies. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.