Architecture / architect

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact. To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenge. We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than what has ever been possible in the past. We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application and Risk functions. We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale. Principal AI Platforms Architects at BCG Platinion are: They are well-versed in designing sophisticated and robust AI solutions to common business problems. They are critical thinkers and have extensive Technology & AI expertise that drives novel solutions. Agile advocates. They are well-versed in agile methodologies and use their expertise to strategically tackle difficult challenges and implement change. They are creative thinkers who apply their deep technology architecture and AI Platform expertise to envision novel design patterns for the next generation of technology solutions. They have a sophisticated understanding of Technology Architecture and AI Platforms, acting as a viable resource on teams as both a hands-on practitioner and subject matter expert. Bachelors degree in information technology, business administration, computer science, information systems, or system controls & engineering or a related field (Master’s degree is a plus). ~10+ years of technology consulting or software engineering experience with more than 5+ years in architecture discipline. ~ Strong foundation in software architecture and distributed systems design. ~ Proven experience designing or scaling AI/ML or LLM-based applications. ~ Proficiency in one or more programming languages: Python, JavaScript, TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, TypeScript, or Node.js. ~ Familiarity with modern AI frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, Google ADK, Strands, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, LlamaIndex). ~ Understanding of Agentic AI capabilities and tools such as LangChain agents, AutoGen, multi-agent orchestration, RAG, memory modules, vector DBs, function-calling, observability, safety, deployment strategies and governance. ~ Understanding of cloud architecture, data management, and API-based system integration ~ Cloud platforms: AWS (Bedrock, AgentCore), Microsoft (Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio), Google (Vertex AI, ADK, Agentspace). ~ Design and deployment of autonomous and semi-autonomous agents across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. ~ Experience with AI coding tools such as Cursor, Replit, Lovable, Claude code, Codex etc. Experience with vector databases, embeddings, context retrieval, and prompt orchestration patterns. Outstanding ability to work creatively, autonomously, analytically, in a fast-paced problem-solving environment with a focus on customer and results. Superior technical knowledge, engineering rigor, and creative problem-solving. MLOps / LLMOps pipelines, observability, and evaluation frameworks. Frontend frameworks (React, Next.js) for intelligent app interfaces. An agile mindset that moves past blockers and a vision to iteratively migrate to the modern set of architecture capabilities with a lens of business benefits/value. Strong customer and results orientation. Experience planning and managing large, complex projects. Willingness to travel to work with clients and BCG teams. At times, this role involves significant travel to client sites. The amount of travel will depend on client needs and nature of projects. We are seeking a Principal AI Platforms Architect to design, guide, and evolve the architecture of next-generation intelligent agentic systems. This role bridges high-level system design with hands-on AI engineering — ideal for someone who can envision complex AI-enabled ecosystems while still being comfortable prototyping or coding to validate ideas. You’ll work across AI, data, product, and engineering teams to define scalable architectures for AI-driven applications, enabling the seamless integration of large language models (LLMs), data pipelines, and enterprise systems.   AI Architecture & Solution Design Define system architectures for AI and LLM-based solutions, ensuring scalability, low-latency inference, and modularity. Design Agentic AI solutions to optimize business workflow automation, including the use of memory, agentic reflection, and task planning. Design AI integration patterns, such as RAG, for model orchestration, context management, prompt orchestration, and external system connectivity. Establish architectural blueprints, design principles, and governance frameworks for model versioning, data lineage and responsible AI solutions across the organization. Architect polyglot model runtimes and hybrid pipelines (batch training + streaming inference) with attention to cost, latency, and risk. Develop minimal viable prototypes or proof-of-concepts to test model architectures, RAG flows, and agent orchestration. Evaluate emerging AI frameworks and tools (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, Strands, Google ADK, Semantic Kernel) for suitability and integration. Develop solutions using the latest agentic orchestration engines, such as n8n, Retool, OpenAI Agentkit, Microsoft Copilot Studio, and AWS Flows. Implementation management and support Oversee system performance, observability, and governance as solutions transition from prototype to production using tools such as LangSmith, Prometheus, Grafana, Evidently, WhyLogs, and OpenTelemetry. Optimize the application development processes - define standards for versioning, testing, and monitoring of models and AI services (LLMOps). Deliver impactful presentations, leading modules, presenting findings, and building consensus with clients. Build collaboration, mentor teams, and share knowledge to drive collective success - partner with product managers, data scientists, and engineers to translate business goals into robust AI system designs. Manage junior team members by defining and organizing their "module", helping them structure their work and associated analyses. Mentor and coach junior team members by building mutual development agreements and manufacturing opportunities for them to grow and develop along explicitly defined objectives. Provide quality assurance oversight - Review junior team members’ output for overall correctness, level of insight, clarity, etc. Serve as a role model by actively demonstrating and living BCG’s Culture and Values.   Stay ahead of the curve on new techniques in distributed AI systems, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), retrieval/indexing strategies, and agent frameworks. Serve as the subject matter expert on LLM integration, agentic system design, and intelligent automation frameworks. Support business development through technical proposals with clear AI/ML technology choices and roadmaps. An opportunity to work organically across disciplines and across BCG, we offer a unified and unrivaled opportunity that combines strategic thinking with hands-on applications. A unique experience to work alongside a team of passionate and driven problem-solvers with a mission to deliver innovative and valuable digital solutions in a supportive environment. As part of our team, you will benefit from the breadth and diversity of what we are doing today and where we are headed next. In addition to your base salary, you will also be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus and retirement contribution. We pay the full cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees - and their eligible family members. Zero-dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children ~$10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs ~ Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 (USD) in orthodontia benefits ~ Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities ~ Fully vested retirement contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not ~ Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and annual office closure between Christmas and New Years ~ Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement ~ Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage. 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.