Software Engineer II - QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey

Do you want to do work that matters, alongside supportive leaders who will help you grow faster than you ever thought possible?

Are you a creative problem-solver who is energized by challenges?

You’ve come to the right place.

As a Software Engineer with Tech & AI at McKinsey, 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.

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.

You will be part of the McKinsey Digital team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

This group brings together the best of McKinsey’s digital capabilities to help our clients use digital technology to transform their businesses.

McKinsey Digital is our tech delivery people unit.

A global team of software, data and cloud engineers, passionate designers, technology architects, product owners, and leading technologists.

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!

Our office culture is casual and social, with an emphasis on education and innovation.

You will have the freedom to try new ideas and experiment in your role and will be guaranteed significant dedicated time to tinker, create, continuously learn and share cool new stuff.

We also have a strong emphasis in our teams on mentoring others enabling them to grow and learn.

Changing the world requires us to sit with our clients at times, so some travel is expected in this role.

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

leading in Agile teams, including coaching and modeling Agile mindsets as part of sprint ceremonies, work definition and building developer capabilities

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

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