Associate Technical Consultant - Entry-Level Consulting
The Associate Technical Consultant role at Confidential Client is an entry-level, customer-facing position focused on building, customizing, and deploying enterprise SaaS and AI solutions for Life Sciences clients. This hybrid role combines hands-on software engineering, technical consulting, and solution architecture, offering accelerated career growth through a comprehensive development program that emphasizes production code delivery, client interaction, and technical leadership.
About Careertakes
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Program Overview
Confidential Client is recruiting entry-level Associate Technical Consultants to join a Technical Consultant Development Program (CDP). This accelerated program trains early-career engineers to deliver production-quality implementations of enterprise SaaS and AI solutions for global life sciences customers. You will move quickly from onboarding into client-facing technical delivery—writing production code, building integrations, and contributing to DevOps and migration efforts.
What You’ll Do
- Build production solutions on enterprise SaaS platforms, writing code and integrating via SDKs and APIs.
- Develop custom integrations using Java SDKs and public APIs and participate in DevOps pipeline creation and deployment.
- Work with migration architects to design backend logic and execute complex data migration scripts for global clients.
- Ship internal, developer-facing tooling to improve engineering and delivery workflows across the services organization.
- Own technical delivery on client engagements, balancing software engineering with client-facing responsibilities.
- Participate in team-based design reviews and receive mentoring from senior Technical and Migration Architects.
Who We’re Looking For (Qualifications)
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Demonstrated experience with object-oriented programming principles.
- Strong technical communication and storytelling skills—able to explain architecture/decisions to stakeholders.
- High drive, initiative, and the ability to learn rapidly in an intense, customer-focused environment.
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with a record of academic performance.
- Integrity and commitment to ethical behavior consistent with a Public Benefit mission.
- Willingness to travel as needed (up to ~20%).
- Experience: recent university graduate (up to 2 years postgraduate experience maximum).
Nice to Have
- Experience with Python, C, Java, JavaScript, HTML, and/or SQL.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
- Experience using AI-driven developer tools or CLI assistants (for example: Claude Code, Gemini CLI, or similar).
Selection Process
The hiring process is designed to be fast and respectful:
- Application: submit resume and short cover letter (Careertakes may request additional screening items).
- Initial Response: you’ll be notified of next steps within about one week.
- Interview & Technical Challenge: a 60-minute interview followed by a 30-minute coding challenge (platform-based).
- Case Exercise: a short case with the services team; you will have a limited prep window (e.g., three days).
- Decision: typically within one week after the final stage.
- Offer Commitment: if extended an offer, you will have a limited window to accept so the client can reserve your start date.
Compensation & Benefits
- Starting Salary: $80,000 USD (listed by the client).
- After one year, high performers may receive a salary increase and become eligible for the client’s bonus program.
- Additional benefits and details will be provided by the client during the interview/offer stage.
Work Authorization & Location
- Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The client does not provide visa sponsorship for this role.
- This role is based in New York, NY. The position operates in a hybrid model; candidates should live within reasonable commuting distance of the New York product hub for in-person collaboration as needed.
- Travel: up to ~20% as needed for client work.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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