Principal Database Platform Engineer

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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