Software Engineer - McKinsey Digital

Who You'll Work With

Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives 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’ll 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.

• Continuous learning:
  Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development.
• A voice that matters:
  From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions while upholding our commitment to ethics and integrity.
• Global community:
  With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients.
• World‑class benefits: A comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well‑being for you and your family.

As a Software Engineer, you will collaborate with a global network of technologists, designers, and strategists to help clients transform their businesses through innovative digital solutions. In this hands‑on role, you’ll develop cutting‑edge products, mentor client teams, and shape engineering cultures while growing your expertise across diverse industries and technologies.

You will work with clients across industries to bring their digital ambitions to life, develop software products and services from the ground up while coaching and mentoring client teams on engineering best practices, user‑centric design, and Agile values. By co‑creating with clients and their leadership, you’ll help build not only cutting‑edge products but also the technical capabilities and cultures needed to sustain them.

Your work will drive meaningful changes for clients and their industries. You will participate in cross‑functional problem‑solving sessions with client leaders, shaping their digital strategies and delivering solutions that go beyond the product itself. Your efforts will help clients build scalable teams and engineering cultures that enable long‑term success.

• Seniority level:
  Entry Level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Consulting, Engineering, and Information Technology
• Industry: Software Development
• Location:
  
  New York, NY
• Salary range: $126,000 – $180,000

• Undergraduate or master’s degree; or equivalent experience
• 2‑5+ years of experience developing full‑stack applications by writing code that is readable, testable, maintainable, and scalable
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively with other developers, as well as technical and non‑technical people within software teams
• Hands‑on experience across the full application stack, including UI:
  JavaScript, Type Script, React.js, Angular.js, Next.js, Vue.js, Java; backend: C#, Node.js, Java; databases: SQL, Mongo
  
  DB, cloud‑native; cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP; CI/CD:
  Jenkins, Docker, Circle
  
  CI, Travis
• Experience with common AI models and LLMs like GPT, Sonnet, etc.
• Experience with AI‑assisted IDEs such as Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, etc.
• Experience working in Agile teams, including active participation in sprint ceremonies
• Experience pair programming collaboratively with other developers
• Exceptional time management to meet responsibilities in a complex and largely autonomous work environment
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, in English and local office language(s), with the ability to adjust style to suit different perspectives and seniority levels
• Willingness and ability to travel