Expert Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Please submit your application in English 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. We are currently the top ranked consulting firm on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list and have earned the #1 overall spot a record seven times. Extraordinary teams are at the heart of our business strategy, but these don’t happen by chance. They require intentional focus on bringing together a broad set of backgrounds, cultures, experiences, perspectives, and skills in a supportive and inclusive work environment. We hire people with exceptional talent and create an environment in which every individual can thrive professionally and personally. 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 Senior Manager, Software Engineering, you will lead the strategy, architecture, development, and deployment of software applications that address complex business and technology problems in various industries. You will mentor and guide a diverse engineering team through the entire engineering life cycle. Your responsibilities will include designing, developing, optimizing, and deploying cutting-edge software engineering solutions and infrastructure at the production scale required by the world’s largest companies, with a strong focus on ensuring technical delivery supports business strategy, operating model evolution, and sustainable value creation. Shape and scope client solutions by partnering with Bain consulting teams, product owners, and client stakeholders to translate business problems into product visions, prioritized backlogs, and engineering roadmaps for cross-functional squadsLead end-to-end client solution development from business problem framing and strategy ideation through architecture, engineering execution, deployment, adoption, and change enablement, ensuring technical delivery supports product adoption and measurable business impactBe responsible as a technical leader for the successful delivery of scalable, resilient, and high-quality software systems across client engagementsLead cross-functional teams of designers, engineers, data scientists, and consultants to deliver end-to-end AI and software solutions while guiding clients on architecture modernization, microservices, platform strategy, engineering operating models, build processes, security, and engineering best practicesDefine and drive software engineering best practices across the full software production lifecycleBring hands-on engineering expertise, such as building production-grade software, architecting scalable systems, APIs, microservices, applying modern best practices across security, testing, CI/CD, observability, and resilient system designGuide the development of abstract libraries and software components to accelerate the delivery of client solutions and improve reuse across projects and teamsWork with senior leaders to maintain a working environment that attracts great talent, fosters excellence, inclusion, apprenticeship, and continuous learningCoach and develop software engineers across frontend, backend, platform, DevOps and AI, to strengthen their technical capabilities, business acumen, and accelerate their careersAct as Professional Development Advisor for colleagues as neededLead recruiting and onboarding for team membersTravel is required. This position requires regional travel away from your home office/primary working location. Travel frequency and destinations will vary based on project needs ABOUT YOU Technical Skills & Knowledge Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field8+ years of relevant professional hands-on experience in software development, version control, software design patterns, infrastructure and deployment, as well as integration and unit testing implementation3+ years of experience leading and managing software engineersExperience working directly with business stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into solution, platform products or roadmaps.Experience supporting strategy, operating model, transformation, or change initiatives in partnership with senior business leadersTrack record of leading and collaborating on strategic initiatives in complex environments with stakeholders of different seniority levelsExperience production-grade, enterprise-scale AI applications and data analytics productsExpert knowledge of Python, JavaScript and one or more additional programming languagesExperience building server-side services using FastAPI, Node.js/Express, Flask, Django, .NET Core or Java Spring Boot or similar technologies, including the design of APIsExperience with cloud platforms and services of AWS, Azure, GCP, and infrastructure-as-code such as Terraform, CloudFormation or BicepSolid computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, object-oriented and functional paradigms, automated testing, performance profilingExcellence in software architecture design, including modular, distributed, and cloud-native systems, CI/CD, scalability, resiliency, maintainability, and observabilityExperience with data security and privacy regulations, key topics in cybersecurity, authentication and authorization mechanismsKnowledge of enterprise data strategy and architecture principles across operational and analytical domainsHands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and with platform engineering practices that improve developer productivity and delivery reliabilityIdeally, experience with modern AI/ML development, working with LLM APIs, prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, agentic SDKs and AI safetyIdeally, hands-on experience with modern web technologies such as React, Angular, Vue.js, TypeScript, HTML5 and CSS3Agile delivery mindset, experience with Scrum or Kanban, story-point estimation, backlog grooming and the use of Git-based workflowsProfessional fluency in English and German Interpersonal Skills Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to explain and discuss technicalities of solutions, algorithms and techniques with colleagues and clients from other disciplinesCuriosity, proactivity and critical thinkingAbility to collaborate with people at all levels and with multi-office/region teams Ability to work independently and juggle priorities to thrive in a fast paced and ambiguous environment, while also collaborating as part of a team in complex situationsVector referral EMEA