Data Scientist: Agentic AI for Business Impact

UCI-OC Alliance; Aceh; On-site; IDR 1,431,383,000 - 2,147,075,000; Full time

Job summary

McKinsey & Company, via QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, is seeking a Data Scientist at the student level. You’ll join a multidisciplinary team to build advanced analytics and AI solutions addressing complex business challenges across industries.

This full-time opportunity targets students graduating Dec 2026–Aug 2027 with a Master, Bachelor, or PhD in CS, ML, statistics, math, engineering, or AI. You will translate business problems into analytical challenges, develop and evaluate models with

Qualifications

• Upcoming graduation between December 2026 and August 2027 with a Master’s, Bachelor’s or PhD in computer science, machine learning, applied statistics, mathematics, engineering, artificial intelligence, or a related field
• Professional experience applying machine learning, statistical modeling, optimization, or GenAI techniques to real business problems; proficiency in Python and SQL is required, including the Python AI stack
• Ability to translate business problems into analytical challenges, building and evaluating models across supervised, unsupervised, statistical, or forecasting approaches with guidance
• Foundational understanding of optimization, simulation, and decision logic concepts, with the ability to apply methodologies with guidance
• Developing familiarity with Generative AI tools and simple agentic AI frameworks, with an eagerness to learn how LLMs can be applied to automate defined tasks
• A quality and risk mindset: able to validate own work, document assumptions and limitations, and apply basic evaluation methods for prompts, RAG models, or agents; growing awareness of fairness, explainability, and human oversight considerations
• Follows software development and MLOps/LLMOps best practices with guidance, with introductory exposure to CI/CD and agentic engineering concepts
• Exceptional time management to meet your responsibilities in a complex and largely autonomous work environment
• Willingness to travel
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, in English and local office language(s), with the ability to adjust your style to suit different perspectives and seniority levels

Responsibilities

• Translate business challenges into analytical problems and develop and evaluate solutions across machine learning, optimization, GenAI, and agentic AI systems
• Collaborate with data scientists, data engineers, software engineers, and industry experts to deliver analytic solutions
• Contribute to selecting and implementing analytical approaches and ensure work meets data quality and evaluation standards
• Take on increasing ownership for delivering robust and fit-for-purpose solutions
• Build expertise across industries and technologies and grow as a client-facing technologist

Skills

Python

SQL

GenAI

ML modeling

Problem solving

Communication

Time management

Willingness to travel

English proficiency

Education

Master's/Bachelor's/PhD in computer science, machine learning, applied statistics, mathematics, engineering, artificial intelligence

Tools

Python AI stack

CI/CD

MLOps

Job description

McKinsey & Company, via QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, is seeking a Data Scientist at the student level. You’ll join a multidisciplinary team to build advanced analytics and AI solutions addressing complex business challenges across industries.

This full-time opportunity targets students graduating Dec 2026–Aug 2027 with a Master, Bachelor, or PhD in CS, ML, statistics, math, engineering, or AI. You will translate business problems into analytical challenges, develop and evaluate models with