Software Engineer II - Tech & AI at McKinsey
Summary
Build and advise on next-gen AI and software products for clients, using full-stack tech like React, Python, and cloud platforms while coaching teams on Agile practices.
Who You’ll Work With
Driving lasting impact and building long‑term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You thrive in a high performance/high reward culture – doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward. In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues at all levels will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you’ll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.
What You’ll Do
As a Software Engineer with McKinsey Digital, you will work with clients across a wide range of sectors and industries, advising them on how to best leverage technology. You will drive architectural design, make key technology decisions, and employ agile methodologies to build and deliver the next generation of products for our clients at scale. You will also lead project workstreams, helping clients build their technical capabilities and foster a culture centered around engineering best practices, user‑centricity, and Agile values.
Your Impact
As a core member of the team, you will take on responsibilities that include driving architectural design and making strategic technology decisions to shape next‑generation products for various internal teams, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of technological innovation. Additionally, you will be hands‑on and co‑creating solutions alongside our clients and their leadership, enabling you to grow into a recognized technology leader.
Where You’ll Work
You will join a multidisciplinary community of developers, Agile coaches, designers, business strategists and experts. Together, we will design and create industry‑shaping products and tools for our clients. While we advocate for using the right tech for the right task, we often leverage the following technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Angular.js, Next.js, Vue.js, Python, Java, C#, NodeJS, SQL, MongoDB, AWS, Azure, GCP, and more! Some travel is expected in this role.
Your Qualifications and Skills
- Undergraduate or master’s degree; or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in software development, with significant full‑stack web application development experience strongly preferred
- Demonstrated knowledge and hands‑on experience across the full application stack with some of the following languages/frameworks: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, Vue, jQuery, Java, Sprint, C#, .NET, Node.js, SQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, cloud‑native databases, AWS, Azure, GCP, Jenkins, Docker, Circle CI, Travis
- Experience leading in Agile teams, including coaching and modeling Agile mindsets as part of sprint ceremonies, work definition and building developer capabilities
- Experience working collaboratively with technical and non‑technical team members and stakeholders including modeling and coaching others to use engineering best practices such as design patterns, customer‑centric design, test‑driven development, code refactoring, code review, and OWASP Top 10 security awareness