Lead Forward Deployed AI Engineer, India - BCG X
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 3, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 21, 2026.
Locations: Mumbai | Gurgaon
Who We Are
We are BCG X. Our global team of 3,000 tech experts are united by a drive to make a difference. Working across industries and disciplines, we go beyond what was once thought possible, creating new and innovative solutions to the world’s most complex problems. BCG X provides a unique 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.
BCG X designs & builds custom scalable tech solutions & software, not cookie cutter solutions as exist in the market, in deep collaboration with companies' teams. These tech solutions & software are focused on the top value creation programs of a company, CEO agenda level, amplifying their impact & their odds of success
BCG X works hand-in-handwith BCG’s deep sector and functional experts, maximizing the full transformative potential of these programs & deployments
BCG X taps into end-to-end tech design & build capabilities, with nearly 3000experts, delivering solutions that are industrial-gradeto sustain deep change across global companies, and partners actively with the digital ecosystem. BCG X solutions & software are tech agnostic
BCG X is a force multiplier for BCG functional/sector expertiseto build and scale disruptive high-impact software-enabled business solutions and unites tech builders, designers, and entrepreneurs with the world’s leading talent in AI, deep tech, digital growth, sustainability, and more.
BCG X is a specialty business part of BCG. We support companies in creating custom AI solutions that bring about end-to-end business transformation, design and develop digital products and services, and build digital businesses from the ground up. AT BCG X we,
We steer to transform, working with senior leaders to foster bold ambition and resources trade-offs
We strive for value/impact, delivering massive, short-term impact fast and building disruptive winning solutions for long-term
We believe in tailoring software solutions deployed at scale over the latest market platforms to maximize the impact
We are not tech-first. We are not business-first. We build tech and business together.
BCG and BCG X bring together the best ofconsulting and the best of tech to accelerate the digital journeys of large organizations. BCG X is a force multiplier for BCG functional/sector expertiseto build and scale disruptive high-impact software- enabled business solutions
To know more about the group, kindly visit the following links: BCG X: Overview | LinkedIn
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
Our BCG X teams own the full AI 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 Lead/Principal AI Software 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 AI led business transformation, 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 Gen AI/ Agentic AI programs and transforming organizations into AI led innovative companies. Successful candidates possess the following:
- Apply Gen AI/ Agentic AI capabilities to transform businesses/ SDLC
- Experienced in developing solutions related to Conversational AI or Agentic process automation or Agentic software development lifecycle
- Actively involved in every part of the life cycle including product design, scoping, solution design, development, deployment and adoption
- Experienced at guiding non-technical teams and consultants in and best practices for robust Agentic AI platforms development
- Optimize for accuracy, latency and costs of deploying Agentic AI solutions
- 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 AI platforms design and solution ideas
- A natural problem-solver and intellectually curious across a breadth of industries and topics
What You'll Bring
- Deep Experience in software development and working with global and remote agile squads
- Proficient in implementing AI platforms like LangGraph, AWS Bedrock, GCP Geminin Enterprise, Azure AI Foundry, Crew AI etc.
- Optimize and enhance computational efficiency of algorithms/ LLMs and AI platforms
- Familiarity with the storage, manipulation, and management of relational, non-relational and streaming data structures
- Understanding of parallel computing
- Experience working on Large Language Models (LLMs), AWS, Azure, or Google cloud infrastructure
- Apply software development practices and standards to develop robust and maintainable software
- Comfortable in a client-facing role, manage engagements, client relationships, provide “thought leadership” to teams
- Experienced at guiding non-technical teams and consultants in and best practices for robust software development
- Motivated by a fast-paced, service-oriented environment and interacting directly with clients on new features for future product releases
- A natural problem-solver and intellectually curious across a breadth of industries and topics
- Have strong project management skills and can act as interface between business & tech for our clients
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Additional info
Nice To Have
- Build generative AI tool
- Full stack development: GraphQL, React, JavaScript, TypeScript
- DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform
- Data: SQL, Spark, Hadoop
- Data Science and machine learning (Pandas, Scikit learn)
- Ability to travel based on client and business needs.
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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