Software Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer
McKinsey & Company
Job Description
Overview
In this role you will build and deploy a world-class AI platform across diverse sectors, combining software and data engineering to deliver scalable AI solutions. You’ll work within a cross-functional product team to leverage AI capabilities and data resources, shaping the platform for real-world impact. You drive platform engineering activities, from deployment to debugging, while collaborating with senior leaders and a large technologist group.
This is an opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI, contribute to transformation, and grow as a technical leader.
Leistungen / Benefits- competitive salary
- comprehensive benefits package
- continuous learning and apprenticeship culture
- mentorship and development opportunities
- global collaboration with colleagues across 65+ countries
- opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI technology
- Build and deploy a scalable AI platform used across multiple sectors
- Develop AI-enabled features by integrating software, data, and LLM capabilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineers, designers, and product managers
- Lead platform engineering tasks such as deployment, monitoring, and debugging
- Contribute to data-driven solutions by leveraging firm data resources
- Support cutting-edge AI initiatives and deliver real-world impact
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong Python programming skills
- Expertise with AI agents / agentic applications
- Proficiency in React and NextJS
- Experience with SQL databases, especially PostgreSQL or AWS RDS
- Experience using LLMs and prompt engineering
- CI/CD pipeline setup and management
- Knowledge of knowledge graphs
- Familiarity with AWS cloud, particularly AWS ECS
- Experience with GitHub for version control
- Knowledge of containerization
- Strong conceptual problem-solving abilities
- collaboration
- resilience
- curiosity
- Python
- AI agents
- React