Full Stack Developer

Duties:

Who you'll work with

Our McKinsey Value Intelligence team is a high-impact engineering and analytics squad. We operate on a micro-front-end architecture , and encourage our colleagues to use the best technology for the job - whether it's Golang , TypeScript, React, AWS, Postgres, MongoDB, Python, or anything else well suited. We're building tools that cut through complexity, and perform under heavy usage. If you love tackling tough challenges with smart, passionate teammates, this is the place to be.

Join our team and help redefine how companies create value. Our platform blends cutting-edge analytics, design thinking, and tech to drive real impact. Our team is at the forefront of this shift-building powerful software in collaboration with practice experts that help leaders cut through the noise and focus on what truly drives performance. By combining deep financial analytics with McKinsey's corporate finance expertise, we give our colleagues and clients the insights they need at scale, to unlock growth, optimize strategy, and maximize shareholder value.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and optimize B2B and consumer-grade products that drive real business impact.
• Work autonomously focusing on delivering high quality front-end code using React, TypeScript , running on cloud-based infrastructure.
• Architect and scale applications on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud , leveraging container technologies like Docker , and infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• Champion best engineering practices - clean code, design patterns, CI/CD, security, and high scalability .
• Collaborate closely with business, design and product teams to translate complex challenges into elegant technical solutions.
• Thrive in an Agile environment, where adaptability and problem-solving are key.

Backend & Database Engineering (most important)

• Demonstrated experience building applications using Golang
• Proven ability to design robust APIs and backend services that scale efficiently.
• Hands-on experience with SQL (Postgres, Snowflake) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases, including writing complex queries, stored procedures, views, and optimizing performance.

Frontend (good to have - not critical)

• Experience: React, Webpack, SCSS etc, WebSockets, Federated Modules
• Some experience with backend frameworks (e.g., Express, Flask, Django, FastAPI).
• Good to have: Rspack, Micro-frontends
• Tooling: JIRA, Splunk, Slack

Cloud & DevOps (good to have - not critical)

• Hands-on experience with AWS including deploying applications and managing cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, including serverless computing, microservices, and containerized deployments (Docker).
• Experience following cloud deployment best practices, leveraging infrastructure as code ( Terraform ) and troubleshooting cloud environments.

General Engineering & Leadership

• Ability to work independently with stakeholders , providing thought leadership on tech stack decisions and architectural trade-offs.
• Ability to leverage GenAI productivity tools (Claude Code Cursor, ) as an accelerant, not replacement
• Strong problem-solving skills, adaptability, and ability to work in high-paced environments.
• Excellent communication skills , capable of explaining technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Fluent in English (both written and verbal).

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar, advanced degree preferred