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BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.\nTo succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures-and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.\nWhat You'll Do\nJoin our Data Platform Engineering portfolio, a global team building and operating the database infrastructure that powers BCG’s data products, analytics, and AI capabilities across Case Teams, Practice Areas, and Business Systems.\nAs a Principal Database Platform Engineer, you will take end-to-end ownership of cloud-native database platforms, with a primary focus on AWS. This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role focused on designing for scale and reliability, driving automation, and setting the platform standards that engineering teams across the firm depend on.\nThis role suits an engineer who has operated at a senior level before - someone who identifies what needs to be built, makes sound technical decisions, and delivers without requiring step-by-step direction. We are looking for a strong cloud database engineer with the curiosity and drive to grow into AI-enabling database infrastructure as BCG’s needs evolve.\nPlatform Engineering & Automation\nDesign and operate cloud-native database platforms on AWS, with a focus on scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency\nBuild automated, self-service capabilities using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD, and Git-based workflows\nArchitecture & Standards\nDefine and implement reusable platform patterns, standards, and guardrails across a multi-cloud environment\nAct as a technical leader where required, translating business and engineering needs into scalable database platform designs\nReliability, Security & Cost Optimization\nEmbed SRE principles including observability, performance tuning, and incident response into day-to-day operations\nEnsure secure-by-design practices across identity, access management, and data protection\nDrive cloud cost transparency and optimization through FinOps disciplines, including tagging, attribution, and rightsizing\nStakeholder Enablement & Collaboration\nPartner with architecture, application, and data teams to translate needs into practical platform solutions\nProvide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers\nLead design and architecture reviews aligned to enterprise standards\nInnovation & Continuous Improvement\nEvaluate emerging database technologies and lead proofs of concept as BCG’s AI and data needs evolve\nSupport and enable AI and analytics use cases through modern database platform capabilities\nYou’re Good At\nCommunicating clearly - able to translate technical decisions and trade-offs into terms that resonate with non-technical stakeholders\nWorking across global, cross-functional teams and building effective partnerships across disciplines\nApproaching problems with analytical rigor and a practical engineering mindset\nPrioritizing and delivering in a fast-moving environment without losing sight of quality or standards\nWhat You'll Bring\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field\n8 to 10 years of experience in database, platform, or infrastructure engineering\nHands-on experience with PostgreSQL and AWS-managed database services - DynamoDB, OpenSearch, or similar - in production environments\nExperience with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation\nSolid understanding of how databases perform at scale - query performance, indexing, and data distribution\nSelf-directed and hands-on - you own the problem end to end, from design through to delivery\nGenuine interest in how database platforms are evolving, particularly in the context of AI and analytics\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience across more than one cloud provider - Azure or GCP alongside AWS\nFamiliarity with graph, document, or NoSQL databases - Neptune, DocumentDB, MongoDB, or equivalent\nExposure to vector search or pgvector for AI and GenAI workloads\nExperience with analytics platforms such as Databricks or BigQuery\nFamiliarity with RAG pipelines, embedding stores, or modern AI data architectures\nWorking knowledge of cloud security practices - IAM, least-privilege, data protection\nExposure to FinOps, SRE, or enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF\nExperience mentoring engineers or contributing to architecture reviews\nRelational database background (MSSQL, Oracle) - useful context, but not the focus of this role\nWho You'll Work With\nEnterprise and Solution Architecture teams\nData & Analytics platforms - Databricks, BigQuery\nApplication development teams and product owners\nCloud, security, and infrastructure teams\nManaged service providers and technology partners\nAdditional info\n*** For US locations only ***\nIn the US, we have a compensation transparency approach.\nTotal compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.\nThe base salary range for this role begins at $143,000 in our lowest cost US region and goes up to $186,330 in our highest cost US region. Your recruiting contact can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.\n\nThis is an estimated range, however, specific base salaries within the range depend on various factors such as experience and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness.\nIn addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a bonus of up to 20% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.\nAll of our plans provide best in class coverage:\nZero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children\n\nLow $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs\n\nDental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits\n\nVision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually\n\nReimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities\n\nFully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan\n\nPaid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement\n\nGenerous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)\n\nPaid sick time on an as needed basis\n\nBoston 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.\nBCG is an E - Verify Employer. 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