Software Engineer Internship (Rolling Intake)

About Boston Consulting Group

Boston Consulting Group is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. The company's success depends on a spirit of deep collaboration and a global community of diverse individuals determined to make the world and each other better every day.

Your role

About the team:

The BCG X teams own the full analytics value chain end to end: framing new business challenges, designing innovative algorithms, implementing, and deploying scalable solutions, and enabling colleagues and clients to fully embrace AI. The product offerings span from fully custom-builds to industry-specific leading-edge AI software solutions.

What You'll Do:

• You’ll be part of the rapidly growing engineering team and help to build the next generation of AI solutions.
• You’ll have the chance to partner with clients in a variety of BCG regions and industries, and on key topics like climate change, enabling them to design, build, and deploy new and innovative solutions.
• Additional responsibilities will include developing and delivering thought leadership in scientific communities and papers as well as leading conferences on behalf of BCG X.

Training & development

BCG offers internships within core consulting, but also a number within the tech space, such as data science and analytics, strategic and experience design, and software engineering, to name a few. Whichever internship you choose, you’ll have a dedicated support network of BCGers teaching you new skills every day such as problem-solving, data analysis, and presenting and pitching ideas, setting you up for success in whichever career path you choose.

Benefits

If you join as a full-time employee after an internship, you will receive the following benefits but these may vary per region:

• Health plans
• Gym memberships
• Mental health resources
• Subsidized access to local recreational amenities
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Adoption support
• Eldercare resources
• Bereavement leave
• Counseling
• Legal and financial consultations
• Crisis line

Career progression

At BCG, the company takes career growth to another level. To solve its clients’ biggest challenges, BCG needs smart, curious, and driven people. Through structured and supportive opportunities, which include on-the-job learning, coaching, mentoring, external learning opportunities, and formal training. BCG makes sure you’re enabled and empowered to develop in the direction that interests you. 

Work-life balance

BCG understands your circumstances may evolve throughout your career and allows you to tailor your benefits, ensuring you feel valued and cared for. You may define your work environment and patterns to suit personal, client, or business needs, reduce your working hours, and have flexibility in where you work.

Culture & vibe

BCG's culture is people-focused, and the company is proud to have a welcoming, friendly, and inclusive environment where every individual feels appreciated, heard, and valued. BCG is proudly featured as one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work. The company emphasizes strong leadership, fosters collaborative inclusive environments built on trust, and provides ongoing coaching and learning opportunities to enable you to be at your best.  

About you

BCG is looking for dedicated individuals with a passion for software development, large-scale data analytics, and redefining organizations into AI-led innovative companies. Successful candidates possess the following:

• Apply software development practices and standards to develop robust and maintainable software
• Actively involved in every part of the software development life cycle
• Experienced at guiding non-technical teams and consultants in best practices for robust software development
• Optimize and enhance the computational efficiency of algorithms and software design
• Motivated by a fast-paced, service-oriented environment and interacting directly with clients on new features for future product releases
• Enjoy collaborating in teams to share software design and solution ideas
• A natural problem-solver and intellectually curious across a breadth of industries and topics

Requirements:

• Currently enrolled in a university master’s or PhD degree program in Computer Research Science, Statistics, Operations Research, or a related field

Technologies:

• Programming Languages: Python

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page.

• bcg.com/about/overview
• careers.bcg.com/internship-opportunities
• careers.bcg.com/culture
• careers.bcg.com/employee-benefits
• careers.bcg.com/career-growth-opportunities
• youtube.com/@TheBostonConsultingGroup