About this role
Who We Are
Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. 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.
To 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.
What You'll Do
In your role as a Data Engineering Lead, you will play a crucial role in designing, building, and maintaining the data infrastructure and systems required for efficient and reliable data processing. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, analysts, to ensure the availability, integrity, and accessibility of data for various business needs. This role requires a strong understanding of data management principles, database technologies, data integration, and data warehousing concepts. You will be:
Key Responsibilities
Develop and maintain data warehouse solutions, including data modeling, schema design, and indexing strategies
Optimize data processing workflows for improved performance, reliability, and scalability
Identify and integrate diverse data sources, both internal and external, into a centralized data platform
Implement and manage data lakes, data marts, or other storage solutions as required
Ensure data privacy and compliance with relevant data protection regulations
Define and implement data governance policies, standards, and best practices
Transform raw data into usable formats for analytics, reporting, and machine learning purposes
Perform data cleansing, normalization, aggregation, and enrichment operations to enhance data quality and usability
Collaborate with data analysts and data scientists to understand data requirements and implement appropriate data transformations
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- Proficiency in SQL and strong hands-on experience with Snowflake is a must have
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering or a similar role
- Hands-on programming skills in languages such as Python or Java are a plus
- Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and related services (e.g., S3, Redshift, BigQuery) is good to have
- Knowledge of data modeling and database design principles
- Familiarity with data transformation and orchestration tools such as dbt and Apache Airflow is a strong plus
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) is a plus
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with attention to detail
- Experience with HR data analytics and HR domain knowledge is preferred
Who You'll Work With
As part of the People Analytics team, you will modernize HR platforms, capabilities & engagement, automate/digitize core HR processes and operations and enable greater efficiency. You will work with Product Owners, Business & Technical Stakeholders, incl. Architecture CoE, Security , while collaborating with the global people team and colleagues across BCG to manage the life cycle of all BCG employees.
Additional info
At BCG, our people and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that in-person collaboration plays an important role in our culture, mentorship, and professional development.
For this role, you will generally be expected to work from a BCG office or in person with clients on a regular basis (typically around 50% of working time), depending on business needs and in line with local policies and practices.
We aim to provide a dynamic and collaborative environment that fosters connection and teamwork
Boston 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.
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