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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.
Join our Data Platform Engineering portfolio, a global team building and operating the database infrastructure that powers BCG’s data products, analytics, and AI capabilities across Case Teams, Practice Areas, and Business Systems.
As a Principal Database Platform Engineer, you will take end-to-end ownership of cloud-native database platforms, with a primary focus on AWS. This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role focused on designing for scale and reliability, driving automation, and setting the platform standards that engineering teams across the firm depend on.
This role suits an engineer who has operated at a senior level before – someone who identifies what needs to be built, makes sound technical decisions, and delivers without requiring step-by-step direction. We are looking for a strong cloud database engineer with the curiosity and drive to grow into AI-enabling database infrastructure as BCG’s needs evolve.
Platform Engineering & Automation
- Design and operate cloud-native database platforms on AWS, with a focus on scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency
- Build automated, self-service capabilities using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD, and Git-based workflows
Architecture & Standards
- Define and implement reusable platform patterns, standards, and guardrails across a multi-cloud environment
- Act as a technical leader where required, translating business and engineering needs into scalable database platform designs
Reliability, Security & Cost Optimization
- Embed SRE principles including observability, performance tuning, and incident response into day-to-day operations
- Ensure secure-by-design practices across identity, access management, and data protection
- Drive cloud cost transparency and optimization through FinOps disciplines, including tagging, attribution, and rightsizing
Stakeholder Enablement & Collaboration
- Partner with architecture, application, and data teams to translate needs into practical platform solutions
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers
- Lead design and architecture reviews aligned to enterprise standards
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
- Evaluate emerging database technologies and lead proofs of concept as BCG’s AI and data needs evolve
- Support and enable AI and analytics use cases through modern database platform capabilities
You’re Good At
- Communicating clearly – able to translate technical decisions and trade-offs into terms that resonate with non-technical stakeholders
- Working across global, cross-functional teams and building effective partnerships across disciplines
- Approaching problems with analytical rigor and a practical engineering mindset
- Prioritizing and delivering in a fast-moving environment without losing sight of quality or standards
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 8 to 10 years of experience in database, platform, or infrastructure engineering
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and AWS-managed database services – DynamoDB, OpenSearch, or similar – in production environments
- Experience with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation
- Solid understanding of how databases perform at scale – query performance, indexing, and data distribution
- Self-directed and hands-on – you own the problem end to end, from design through to delivery
- Genuine interest in how database platforms are evolving, particularly in the context of AI and analytics
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience across more than one cloud provider – Azure or GCP alongside AWS
- Familiarity with graph, document, or NoSQL databases – Neptune, DocumentDB, MongoDB, or equivalent
- Exposure to vector search or pgvector for AI and GenAI workloads
- Experience with analytics platforms such as Databricks or BigQuery
- Familiarity with RAG pipelines, embedding stores, or modern AI data architectures
- Working knowledge of cloud security practices – IAM, least-privilege, data protection
- Exposure to FinOps, SRE, or enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF
- Experience mentoring engineers or contributing to architecture reviews
- Relational database background (MSSQL, Oracle) – useful context, but not the focus of this role
Who You'll Work With
- Enterprise and Solution Architecture teams
- Data & Analytics platforms – Databricks, BigQuery
- Application development teams and product owners
- Cloud, security, and infrastructure teams
- Managed service providers and technology partners
Additional info
For US locations only
In the US, we have a compensation transparency approach.
Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.
- The base salary range for this role begins at $143,000 in our lowest cost US region and goes up to $186,330 in our highest cost US region. Your recruiting contact can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
This is an estimated range, however, specific base salaries within the range depend on various factors such as experience and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness.
In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a bonus of up to 20% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.
All of our plans provide best in class coverage:
- Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
- Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
- Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
- Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
- Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
- Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
- Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
- Paid sick time on an as needed basis
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.
Locations: Boston | Atlanta
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.
Join our Data Platform Engineering portfolio, a global team building and operating the database infrastructure that powers BCG’s data products, analytics, and AI capabilities across Case Teams, Practice Areas, and Business Systems.
As a Principal Database Platform Engineer, you will take end-to-end ownership of cloud-native database platforms, with a primary focus on AWS. This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role focused on designing for scale and reliability, driving automation, and setting the platform standards that engineering teams across the firm depend on.
This role suits an engineer who has operated at a senior level before – someone who identifies what needs to be built, makes sound technical decisions, and delivers without requiring step-by-step direction. We are looking for a strong cloud database engineer with the curiosity and drive to grow into AI-enabling database infrastructure as BCG’s needs evolve.
Platform Engineering & Automation
- Design and operate cloud-native database platforms on AWS, with a focus on scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency
- Build automated, self-service capabilities using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD, and Git-based workflows
Architecture & Standards
- Define and implement reusable platform patterns, standards, and guardrails across a multi-cloud environment
- Act as a technical leader where required, translating business and engineering needs into scalable database platform designs
Reliability, Security & Cost Optimization
- Embed SRE principles including observability, performance tuning, and incident response into day-to-day operations
- Ensure secure-by-design practices across identity, access management, and data protection
- Drive cloud cost transparency and optimization through FinOps disciplines, including tagging, attribution, and rightsizing
Stakeholder Enablement & Collaboration
- Partner with architecture, application, and data teams to translate needs into practical platform solutions
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers
- Lead design and architecture reviews aligned to enterprise standards
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
- Evaluate emerging database technologies and lead proofs of concept as BCG’s AI and data needs evolve
- Support and enable AI and analytics use cases through modern database platform capabilities
You’re Good At
- Communicating clearly – able to translate technical decisions and trade-offs into terms that resonate with non-technical stakeholders
- Working across global, cross-functional teams and building effective partnerships across disciplines
- Approaching problems with analytical rigor and a practical engineering mindset
- Prioritizing and delivering in a fast-moving environment without losing sight of quality or standards
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 8 to 10 years of experience in database, platform, or infrastructure engineering
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and AWS-managed database services – DynamoDB, OpenSearch, or similar – in production environments
- Experience with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation
- Solid understanding of how databases perform at scale – query performance, indexing, and data distribution
- Self-directed and hands-on – you own the problem end to end, from design through to delivery
- Genuine interest in how database platforms are evolving, particularly in the context of AI and analytics
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience across more than one cloud provider – Azure or GCP alongside AWS
- Familiarity with graph, document, or NoSQL databases – Neptune, DocumentDB, MongoDB, or equivalent
- Exposure to vector search or pgvector for AI and GenAI workloads
- Experience with analytics platforms such as Databricks or BigQuery
- Familiarity with RAG pipelines, embedding stores, or modern AI data architectures
- Working knowledge of cloud security practices – IAM, least-privilege, data protection
- Exposure to FinOps, SRE, or enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF
- Experience mentoring engineers or contributing to architecture reviews
- Relational database background (MSSQL, Oracle) – useful context, but not the focus of this role
Who You'll Work With
- Enterprise and Solution Architecture teams
- Data & Analytics platforms – Databricks, BigQuery
- Application development teams and product owners
- Cloud, security, and infrastructure teams
- Managed service providers and technology partners
Additional info
For US locations only
In the US, we have a compensation transparency approach.
Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.
- The base salary range for this role begins at $143,000 in our lowest cost US region and goes up to $186,330 in our highest cost US region. Your recruiting contact can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
This is an estimated range, however, specific base salaries within the range depend on various factors such as experience and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness.
In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a bonus of up to 20% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.
All of our plans provide best in class coverage:
- Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
- Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
- Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
- Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
- Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
- Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
- Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
- Paid sick time on an as needed basis
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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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Principal Engineer
Verify your degree maps to the role
Consular officers assess whether your specific engineering degree directly supports the Principal Engineer position. A software engineering role backed by a computer science degree clears this bar cleanly; a general management degree typically doesn't, even with years of technical experience.
Search DOL LCA filings using Migrate Mate
Filter for Principal Engineer Labor Condition Applications filed under H-1B1 visa to identify which employers have active sponsorship infrastructure. Migrate Mate surfaces this DOL filing history by role, so you can prioritize outreach to companies already familiar with the process.
Request the prevailing wage tier before negotiating
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your specific occupation code and work location. Run the OFLC Wage Search for SOC code 17-2199 or the closest Principal Engineer equivalent before your offer conversation begins.
Confirm the employer understands H-1B1 distinctions
Many U.S. hiring teams default to H-1B assumptions when they hear 'visa sponsorship.' Clarify upfront that H-1B1 visa for Singaporeans skips USCIS petition filing entirely and goes directly to consular processing, which cuts weeks from the timeline and eliminates lottery risk.
Prepare your specialty occupation documentation early
Collect your degree transcripts, a detailed job description, and any professional engineering credentials before interviews begin. Consular officers at the Singapore U.S. Embassy can request evidence that the role genuinely requires a specialty degree, not just that your employer prefers one.
Align your start date with LCA certification timing
The employer must file and receive DOL LCA certification before your consular appointment. DOL typically certifies LCAs within seven business days, but building in a two-week buffer protects your start date if the filing requires a correction or resubmission.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Principal Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B1 Singapore purposes?
Yes. Principal Engineer positions require at least a bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a directly related technical field, which satisfies the specialty occupation standard. The consular officer will assess whether the specific job duties genuinely require that degree level, so your employer's job description should make the technical complexity explicit rather than listing broad leadership responsibilities.
How does H-1B1 Singapore compare to H-1B for Principal Engineer roles?
H-1B1 Singapore bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely, so there's no annual registration gamble for Principal Engineer candidates. The annual cap is 5,400 visas and has never been exhausted. Processing goes through the U.S. Embassy in Singapore rather than USCIS, which typically means faster resolution. The main trade-off is that H-1B1 doesn't carry dual-intent protection, so you'll need to demonstrate nonimmigrant intent at each renewal.
How do I find employers actively sponsoring H-1B1 Singapore visas for Principal Engineer positions?
Migrate Mate filters job listings by verified DOL Labor Condition Application filing history, so you can identify employers who have already sponsored H-1B1 visa roles rather than guessing from company size or brand name. Targeting employers with an existing sponsorship track record for senior engineering titles reduces the risk that H-1B1 unfamiliarity kills your offer late in the process.
Can I switch employers after starting work on an H-1B1 Singapore visa?
Yes, but your new employer must file a fresh LCA with DOL and you'll need a new consular appointment in Singapore before you can begin work for them in the U.S. Unlike H-1B portability rules, H-1B1 visa doesn't allow you to start with a new employer while a petition is pending. Plan for a gap in U.S. employment authorization during the transition if you're already in the country.
What happens to my H-1B1 status if my Principal Engineer role is restructured or I'm laid off?
H-1B1 visa status is tied to the specific employer and role approved on your LCA. A layoff or significant restructuring that changes your job duties or employer of record ends your H-1B1 authorization. You have a 60-day grace period to find a new sponsoring employer and begin the H-1B1 process, change to another valid status, or depart the U.S. Acting quickly is essential because the grace period doesn't extend for job searching alone.