Expert Manager, Software Engineering

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WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
You’ll join our Engineering Experts within the AI, Insights & Solutions team. This team is part of Bain’s digital capabilities practice, which includes experts in analytics, engineering, product management, and design. In this multidisciplinary environment, you'll leverage deep technical expertise with business acumen to help clients tackle their most transformative challenges. You’ll work on integrated teams alongside our general consultants and clients to develop data-driven strategies and innovative solutions. Together, we create human-centric solutions that harness the power of data and artificial intelligence to drive competitive advantage for our clients. Our collaborative and supportive work environment fosters creativity and continuous learning, enabling us to consistently deliver exceptional results.

WHAT YOU’LL DO
As an Expert Manager, Software Engineering, you’ll lead the development and deployment of software applications that solve complex challenges across industries. You'll guide a diverse engineering team through the full engineering lifecycle and deliver scalable, production-grade solutions for some of the world’s most prominent companies.

• Shape & scope client solutions. Work with Bain consulting teams and product owners to translate business problems into prioritized backlogs and technical road-maps for cross-functional engineering squads.
• Own full-stack design & build. Lead the architecture, development and documentation of web applications, selecting and integrating third-party services or frameworks that accelerate delivery and long-term maintainability.
• Drive front-end modernization engagements. Direct small-to-mid-sized client workstreams to assess and improve front-end architecture, micro-services, build pipelines and security patterns.
• Establish front-end engineering best practices. Define and enforce standards around component libraries/design systems, automated testing, linting, CI/CD, accessibility and performance optimisation.
• Develop reusable libraries & accelerators. Create and curate shared code assets that reduce time-to-value across multiple client projects and internal initiatives.
• Lead the full delivery lifecycle. Set quality gates, supervise code reviews, ensure robust unit/integration test coverage, manage release planning and oversee post-deployment monitoring and incident resolution.
• Partner on UI/UX excellence. Collaborate with designers to ship inclusive, responsive interfaces
• Mentor & grow engineers. Provide day-to-day technical coaching for senior and mid-level engineers through pair programming, architecture sessions and constructive feedback.
• Upskill client engineering teams. Coach client developers on modern tooling and DevOps/cloud-native practices, ensuring sustainable ownership after Bain’s engagement.
• Advance cloud-native & DevOps adoption. Champion containerization, infrastructure-as-code, automated observability and secure-by-design principles to improve scalability, reliability and security.
• Contribute to communities of practice. Share lessons learned and emerging technology trends through internal forums, brown-bag sessions and knowledge assets.
• Support talent acquisition & onboarding. Participate in interviewing, technical assessments and mentoring of new hires to build a high-calibre engineering cohort.
• Travel required for client and Bain team collaboration on-site

ABOUT YOU

Technical Skills & Knowledge

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• You bring at least 6 years of end-to-end experience designing, building and maintaining production-grade full-stack applications.
• 5 + years hands-on development with modern web technologies – React, Angular, Vue.js, TypeScript, HTML5 and CSS3 (including CSS-in-JS and preprocessors such as Sass/Less).
• 4 + years building server-side services with FastAPI, Node.js/Express, Flask, Django, .NET Core or Java Spring Boot, including the design of RESTful and GraphQL/gRPC APIs.
• 3–4 years architecting and operating micro-service ecosystems, emphasizing service discovery, observability, CI/CD automation and blue-/green or canary deployments.
• Cloud-native delivery on AWS, Azure or GCP – adept with managed services, serverless patterns and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation or Bicep).
• Containerization & orchestration proficiency – Docker, Kubernetes and related tooling (Helm, Argo CD).
• Database architecture across relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL/document stores (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis); solid SQL skills.
• Deep understanding of front-end engineering best practices – component libraries/design systems, state-management patterns, unit/integration/e2e testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress), module bundlers and package management.
• Security & privacy by design – OAuth 2.0/OIDC, JWT, SSO/cloud IAM, encryption in transit/at rest, and awareness of data-protection regulations.
• Strong computer-science fundamentals – data structures, algorithms, object-oriented and functional paradigms, automated testing and performance profiling.
• Leadership & mentorship – proven ability to lead small engineering squads, set coding standards, perform rigorous code reviews and up skill junior engineers.
• Agile delivery mindset – practical experience with Scrum or Kanban, story-point estimation, backlog grooming and the use of Git-based workflows, Jira and automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Professional fluency in English

Interpersonal Skills

• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Proactive, curious, and comfortable navigating ambiguity
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work across teams and geographies
• Effective at juggling competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Other Experience

• Hands-on experience in web development, version control, infrastructure, deployment, testing, and system design
• Commercial acumen and understanding of business models