Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Job Title: Lead Machine Learning Engineer Company: Bain & Company Inc Job Category: Machine Learning Roles & Responsibilities: You’ll join our Machine Learning and Data Science experts within the Applied Tech \& AI team. This team is part of Bain’s digital capabilities practice, which includes experts in analytics, engineering, product management, and design. In this multidisciplinary environment, you'll leverage deep technical expertise with business acumen to help clients tackle their most transformative challenges. You’ll work on integrated teams alongside our general consultants and clients to develop data\-driven strategies and innovative solutions. Together, we create human\-centric solutions that harness the power of data and artificial intelligence to drive competitive advantage for our clients. Our collaborative and supportive work environment fosters creativity and continuous learning, enabling us to consistently deliver exceptional results. * Design, build, and deliver statistical/ML models and agentic AI/LLM solutions to solve high\-impact client problems. * Architect and implement production\-grade ML systems by building enterprise\-grade services, applying MLOps and CI/CD for reliable deployment and monitoring, and ensuring high standards in engineering quality and documentation. * Partner with general consulting teams and client stakeholders to translate business problems into ML solutions, prioritize work, and enable enterprise‑scale AI transformation. * Continuously research emerging frameworks and state‑of‑the‑art AI (e.g., LLMs, agents, retrieval, post\-training, etc.) and convert learnings into reusable frameworks, components, and accelerators used across industries and functions. * Share knowledge and mentor others on best practices tools, and approaches in applied machine learning and AI engineering. * Contribute to internal R\&D and learning initiatives to advance Bain’s AI capabilities and foster continuous innovation between projects. ABOUT YOU Work Location: Bengaluru, India Availability: Full time

Must Have: * 5\+ years of relevant experience or an advanced degree * Strong theoretical and practical experience in machine learning * Proficiency in Python, with solid software engineering foundations — including clean code practices, testing, version control. * Experience with data wrangling, data analysis and modeling using python, sql, pyspark or similar tools * Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and deploying ML/AI applications. * Comprehensive understanding of the ML lifecycle, from experimentation and model development to deployment. * Experience productionizing and exposing ML models (e.g., using FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks) for seamless integration into applications and platforms. * Excellent communicator and collaborator, able to align with technical and business stakeholders in a fast\-paced, cross\-functional environment. * Curious and growth\-oriented, passionate about exploring new tools, mentoring peers, and sharing best practices. * Adaptable and self\-driven, comfortable operating with autonomy, embracing feedback, and learning new skills to deliver client impact. * Location: New Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai (Hybrid) * Travel is required. This position requires regional travel away from your home office/primary working location. * Travel frequency and destinations will vary based on project needs. Nice to Have: Experience with R\&D or academic research Key Skills: Machine Learning, Python Salary: INR 605250 - 970000 per yearly