Bain & Company, Inc.

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.

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

Bain’s Global Engineering leads the firm’s software development efforts and defines engineering standards for Bain globally. The team ships software solutions to address client and internal needs, ranging from iterative prototypes to enterprise-grade production software.

You will solve cutting-edge problems for a variety of industries as a software engineer specializing in building applications. As a member of a diverse engineering team, you will participate in the full engineering life cycle which includes designing, developing, optimizing, and deploying new software solutions at the world’s largest companies.

You will collaborate with diverse product and engineering teams to build scalable applications to support business needs for both consumer and enterprise environments.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Participate within a cross functional product team to develop and deploy production quality code for clients
• Build reusable libraries and software components to accelerate the delivery of client solutions
• Develop and champion modern software development best practices and concepts to technical audience and business stakeholders
• Take the lead in designing, developing, and documenting full stack application software; evaluating third-party software products for integration as needed
• Participate in the full software development life cycle including architecture design, writing documentation and unit/integration tests, identifying issues and resolution, writing clean code, conducting code reviews, and mentoring other Engineers
• Occasional travel is required (~20%)

Scope, architect, design, develop, build, and release robust and scalable applications (60%):

• Translate business requirements into technical requirements and implementation details 
  • Complex systems that are extensible, easy to understand, and self-maintaining.
  • Integration with third-party systems to enable use cases that power business solutions.
• Work closely with web designers and developers to create modern UI/UX web applications.
  • Build reusable front end component libraries increasing reusability and maintainability of web applications.
  • Determine front-end development best practices including unit and integration frameworks, package management, and CSS preprocessor.
  • Design and develop micro-services using REST, GraphQL, or gRPC APIs with frameworks (e.g. FastAPI, Swagger, OpenAPI etc.).

Provide technical guidance to external clients and internal stakeholders in Bain (40%):

• Explore new technical innovations in the application development to further improve performance and modularity.
• Advise and coach engineering teams on technology stack best practices and operational models to raise their software engineering capabilities.
• Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks (technical, people and timelines) at multiple levels 
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints
• Take an active role in ideation processes, alongside consulting and client colleagues, to bring innovative solutions to problems
• Lead engagements that help to understand current state of clients’ technical infrastructure, build processes, security needs, etc. 
• Work in a collaborative manner with clients’ technical teams to define technical approaches to implementing designed solutions, including new product architecture, data flows and integration strategies, build processes, etc.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for someone who has:

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent work experience
• Experience in an engineering role at a start-up or fast-growing tech company, with a strong track record of increasing mastery and responsibility
• 10+ years of experience with web application development
• 8+ years of experience with front-end JavaScript frameworks (e.g., Angular, React, Vue.js, Ember etc.) development
• 4+ years of experience with micro-service API development (e.g., RESTful, GraphQL, gRPC) with frameworks (e.g. FastAPI, Swagger, OpenAPI etc.)
• Experience with building full stack applications
• Strong knowledge in front-end development best practices (component libraries, testing frameworks, package management, and CSS pre-processors)
• Strong computer science fundaments in data structures, algorithms, automated testing, object-oriented programming, performance complexity, and implications of computer architecture on software performance
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Knowledge in DB types (e.g., relational, document, key/value, columnar, etc.)
• Strong knowledge in application deployments in the cloud using CI/CD development process
• Knowledge in DB schema designs
• Knowledge of modern integration practices for Front-end and enterprise level system to system integrations (sync vs async, event-based patterns etc.)
• Agile development methodology.
• Version control and git workflows.

Ideal candidates will also have experience in:

• Masters in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience working with or providing services to enterprise customers (Fortune 500, Global 1000) 
• Experience working with React, Node.js or Python
• Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB or SQL Server
• 4+ years of experience with SQL or NoSQL databases
• Experience working on public cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and associated deep understanding of failover, high-availability, and high scalability 
• 2+ years of experience working with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, or Helm)
• Mobile development experience preferred
• Experience with UI/UX analytics platforms for engagement analysis (Amplitude, Mixpanel, Google Analytics)
• Ability to explain and discuss technical concepts and methodologies with colleagues and clients from other disciplines.

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 currently ranked the #1 consulting firm on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list, and we have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoor's list for the last 13 years. We believe that diversity, inclusion and collaboration is 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.  We are publicly recognized by external parties such as Fortune, Vault, Mogul, Working Mother, Glassdoor and the Human Rights Campaign for being a great place to work for diversity and inclusion, women, LGBTQ and parents.

U.S. Compensation Information 

Compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, 401(k) plan with an annual employer contribution based on years of service and Bain’s best in class benefits package (details listed below). 

Some local governments in the United States require a good-faith, reasonable salary range be included in job postings for open roles. The estimated annualized compensation for this role is as follows:

In New York City, California state, and Washington state, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is between $225,750 - $271,250; placement within this range will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level 

For all other locations, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is commensurate with competitive geographic market rates for this role and will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level 

Annual discretionary performance bonus  

This role may also be eligible for other elements of discretionary compensation 

4.5% 401(k) company contribution, which increases after 3 years of service and is 100% vested upon start date 

Bain & Company's comprehensive benefits and wellness program is designed to help employees achieve personal independence, protection and stability in the areas most important to you and your family. 

Bain pays 100% individual employee premiums for medical, dental and vision programs, offering one of the most comprehensive medical plans for employees without impacting your paycheck 

Generous paid time off, including parental leave, sick leave and paid holidays 

Fully vested 401(k) company contribution 

Paid Life and Long-Term Disability insurance 

Annual fitness reimbursements