Lead, Application Engineering, Platform (Client Facing Role)

Description & Requirements

WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world's best places to work, a champion of diversity and a model of social responsibility. We are a Glassdoor Best Place to Work and we have maintained a spot in the top four since its founding in 2009. We believe that diversity, inclusion and collaboration are key to building extraordinary teams. We hire people with exceptional talents, abilities and potential, then create an environment where you can become the best version of yourself and thrive both professionally and personally.

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

Working alongside our generalist consultants, Bain's Advanced Analytics Group (AAG) helps clients across industries solve their biggest problems using our expertise in data science and engineering. Stationed in our global offices, AAG team members hold advanced degrees in computer science, engineering, AI, data science, physics, statistics, mathematics, and other quantitative disciplines, with backgrounds in a variety of fields including tech, data science, and academia.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As a Lead Platform Engineer you will design and build cloud-based distributed systems that solve complex business challenges for some of the world's largest companies. You will draw on your deep software engineering, cloud engineering, and DevOps expertise to design and build technology stacks and platform components that enable cross functional AI Engineering teams to create robust, observable and scalable solutions. As a member of a diverse and globally distributed engineering team, you will participate in the full engineering life cycle which includes designing, developing, optimizing, and deploying solutions and infrastructure at the scale of the world's largest companies.

Core Responsibilities:

• Cloud solution and distributed systems architecture for full stack AI software and data solutions
• Implementation, testing and management of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) of cloud-based solutions that may include CI/CD, data integrations, APIs, web and mobile apps, and AI solutions
• Defining and implementing scalable, observable, manageable, and self-healing cloud-based solutions across AWS, Google Cloud and Azure
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, data scientists, and other engineers, to define and implement analytics and AI features and functionality that meet business requirements and user needs.
• Utilize Kubernetes and containerization technologies to deploy, manage, and scale analytics applications in cloud environments, ensuring optimal performance and availability.
• Develop and maintain APIs and microservices to expose analytics functionality to internal and external consumers, adhering to best practices for API design and documentation.
• Implement robust security measures to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with data privacy regulations and organizational policies.
• Continuously monitor and troubleshoot application performance, identifying and resolving issues that impact system reliability, latency, and user experience.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to the establishment and enforcement of coding standards and best practices to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.
• Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in cloud computing, data analytics, and software engineering, and proactively identify opportunities to enhance the capabilities of the analytics platform.
• Collaborate closely with and influence business consulting staff and leaders as part of multi-disciplinary teams to assess opportunities and develop analytics solutions for Bain clients across a variety of sectors.
• Influence, educate and directly support the analytics Application Engineering capabilities of our clients

ABOUT YOU

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 6+ years experience and atleast 3+ years at Staff level or equivalent
• Proven experience as a cloud engineer and software engineer within either/or product engineering or professional services organisations
• Experience designing and delivering cloud-based distributed solutions. GCP, AWS, or Azure certifications are a benefit
• Experience building infrastructure as code with tools such as Terraform (preferred), Cloud Formation, Pulumi, AWS CDK, CDKTF, etc
• Deep familiarity with nuances of software development lifecycle
• One or more configuration management tools: Ansible, Salt, Puppet, or Chef
• One or more monitoring and analytics platforms: Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, SumoLogic, NewRelic, DataDog, CloudWatch, Nagios/Icinga
• CI/CD deployment pipelines (e.g. Github Actions, Jenkins, Travis CI, Gitlab CI, Circle CI)
• Experience building backend APIs, services and/or integrations with Python
• Practitioner experience with Kubernetes through services like GKE, EKS or AKS is a benefit
• Ability to work closely with internal and client teams and stakeholders
• Use Git as your main tool for versioning and collaborating
• Exposure to LLMs, Prompt engineering, Langchain a plus
• Experience with workflow orchestration - doesn't matter if it's dbt, Beam, Airflow, Luigy, Metaflow, Kubeflow, or any other
• Experience implementation of large-scale structured or unstructured databases, orchestration and container technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to explain and discuss complex engineering technicalities with colleagues and clients from other disciplines at their level of cognition
• Curiosity, proactivity and critical thinking
• Strong computer science fundaments in data structures, algorithms, automated testing, object-oriented programming, performance complexity, and implications of computer architecture on software performance.
• Strong knowledge in designing API interfaces
• Knowledge of data architecture, database schema design and database scalability
• Agile development methodologies

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.

Bain & Company Australia is an equal opportunity employer, committed to ensuring diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, including those of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander descent.

In order to provide a safe workplace environment, Bain Australia offices can only be attended by employees, contractors and visitors (including recruits) who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or have a medical exemption which includes either a medical contra-indication certificate or a medical clearance form.