Associate Backend Developer

About Us

Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm that helps the worlds most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 65 offices in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition and redefine industries. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry. In 2004, the firm established its presence in the Indian market by opening the Bain Capability Center (BCC) in New Delhi. The BCC is now known as BCN (Bain Capability Network) with its nodes across various geographies. BCN is an integral and largest unit of (ECD) Expert Client Delivery. ECD plays a critical role as it adds value to Bain's case teams globally by supporting them with analytics and research solutioning across all industries, specific domains for corporate cases, client development, private equity diligence or Bain intellectual property. The BCN comprises of Consulting Services, Knowledge Services and Shared Services.

Who You Will Work With

BCN PEG CoE provides specialized support to global teams across the private equity value chain, enabling clients to make key investment decisions. Our expertise lies in addressing critical diligence questions through a range of products such as survey analytics, digital diagnostic, workforce analytics and disruption assessment. Our teams work in a fast-paced environment delivering consistent and impactful results at scale. In the last decade, we have witnessed an exponential growth, reaching >250 members today from ~10 members in 2013. We operate from 4 locations 2 in India, 1 in Poland, and 1 in Mexico and operate across all 3 regions (EMEA, Americas and APAC). We work across industries, including Technology, Consumer Products, Retail and Healthcare. BCN PEG provides an opportunity to solve challenging business problems in a dynamic set-up working closely with global Bain teams, acting as a thought-partner and bringing deep technical expertise.

What Youll Do

As an Associate (Tech) at BCN PEG, you will bring specialized technical knowledge to product development of internal tools as well as help in end client delivery of cases

Write clean, reusable, testable, and efficient code to develop scalable, flexible, user-friendly applications across a robust technology stack including the use of AI and LLMs

Design, build, and maintain AI-powered applications using LLMs (especially OpenAI Models) and related technologies

Implement python-based API integrations with LLM platforms to enable use cases such as summarization, classification, extraction, reasoning, and workflow automation

Evaluate potential technologies for adoption, including new frameworks, libraries, and tools

Support the supervisor in work-planning and brainstorming projects

Understand client needs and situations and adapt to case expectations. Show ability to resolve complex problems by applying the relevant analytical/technical tools

Contribute actively to internal meetings and stakeholder discussions

Effectively structure communication of insights from own work stream. Deliver clear and professional presentations to the team/team leaders/managers

Seek appropriate coaching and guidance from supervisors and proactively drive self-learning for own professional development

Support team culture through collaboration, ownership, and role-model behavior

Leverage opportunities to provide training, coaching and mentoring to fellow team members

Contribute to knowledge sharing, documentation, and internal training within the PEG and broader BCN community

About You

Must-have skills

Strong programming skills in Python and its Frameworks (Fast API/Flask), Proven experience in enterprise service layer delivery.

Core data processing & analytics skills via Python (Pandas, NumPy, Xlsxwriter)

Handson experience working with LLM APIs (e.g., OpenAIs Responses API) including prompt design, response handling and Vector Embedding in respective DB.

Familiarity with REST APIs and integrating external services along with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries.

Familiarity with modern development tools like Git, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines

Good understanding of relational and nonrelational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis)

Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code

Understanding of frontend and backend architecture and design principles

Sound SDLC skills, preferably with experience in an agile environment

Quick learner, willing to get into the details; good at thriving in a fastpaced environment and able to work independently

Excellent English communication skills, with the ability to effectively interface across crossfunctional teams

Good-to-have Skills

Familiarity with modern frontend technologies such as Angular, React and HTMX

Basic knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) a