Senior Data Engineer - Periscope

Job ID: 108653Type of role: Full-timeInterest: Serve Clients / ConsultingSkill group: N/ARegion: North AmericaLocations: Atlanta (United States) | Boston (United States) | Dallas (United States) | New Jersey (United States)Compensation Range: $195,300 - $199,200Posted (LinkedIn): 2026-05-11Created: 2026-05-11Apply: you'll work withDriving 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. When you join us, you will have: 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. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.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, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.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. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.What you'll doYou will be a core member of Periscope’s technology team with responsibilities that range from developing and deploying our core enterprise products to ensuring that McKinsey’s craft and expertise remain on the leading edge of technology. In this role you will design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and systems using Databricks on Azure (among other environments). You will implement and optimize ETL processes with a focus on performance, cost-efficiency, and reliability. You will utilize advanced Databricks technologies (DLT, Unity Catalog, Delta Sharing, SQL Warehouse) to enhance data management and sharing capabilities. You will be leading and executing data engineering projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery and high quality while you continuously monitor, troubleshoot, and improve data pipelines and workflows to ensure optimal performance and cost-effectiveness. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data needs and deliver solutions that meet business requirements, mentor, and educate junior engineers on best practices, emerging technologies, and efficient data engineering techniques. You will also work with client facing teams to help solve and deploy client specific solutions that integrate into the client’s internal systems. Periscope is the asset-based arm of McKinsey’s Marketing & Sales practice and is at the leading edge of the new ways we serve clients. This integrated model of serving clients, i.e. combining our generalist consulting approaches with the solutions, is a proof of the firm’s commitment to continued innovation in the spirit of bringing the best of the firm to our clients. Periscope By McKinsey enables better commercial decisions by uncovering actionable insights. The Periscope platform combines world leading intellectual property, prescriptive analytics, and cloud-based tools to provide more than 25 solutions focused on insights and marketing, with expert support and training. It is a unique combination that drives revenue growth both now and in the future. Customer experience, performance, pricing, category, and sales optimization are powered by the Periscope platform. Periscope has a presence in 26 locations across 16 countries with a team of 600+ business and IT professionals and a network of 300+ experts. To learn more about how Periscope’s solutions and experts are helping businesses continually drive better performance, visit their site .Your backgroundBachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering or a related field6+ years of experience in data engineering, with a strong background in big data technologiesProficiency in Databricks on Azure, Spark, Python, and Spark SQLExtensive experience with Delta Live Tables, Unity Catalog, Delta Sharing, and SQL Warehouse (server and serverless)Experience in handling large data volumes and orchestrating automated ETL using Azure Data Factory, Airflow / data pipelines using CI/CD and Cloud TechnologiesDevelopment efficiency leveraging AI framework technologiesDemonstrated ability to optimize performance and cost in large-scale data environmentsProven track record of leading projects independently and mentoring junior team membersExperience with cloud platforms, particularly Azure, and a solid understanding of cloud-native architecturesExperience adopting software development best practices (e.g., modularization, testing, refactoring, etc.)Experience with data governance, security, and compliance in a cloud environmentFamiliarity in understanding BI framework