Generative AI Platform Engineer (Full-Stack)

McKinsey & Company; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 195,300 - 199,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

World-class benefits

Competitive salary

Job summary

McKinsey & Company in San Francisco is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to help build an AI Platform for Defense and government clients. You will contribute by writing Python, React and NextJS code, developing AI agents, and deploying scalable cloud‑based solutions.

You will work with a cross‑functional team of leaders, engineers, data scientists and designers on a platform that leverages LLMs for data retrieval and synthesis.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Defense experience and experience working with data at various classification levels required.
• SECRET clearance required; TS+ clearance preferred.
• 3+ years of experience as a Software Engineer; Previous enterprise platform experience preferred.
• Strong programming skills in Python.
• Expertise with AI agents / agentic applications.
• React and NextJS, Neo4J / knowledge graphs, PostgreSQL or cloud equivalent such as Amazon RDS.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline setup and management.
• Experience with confidence scoring and validation pipelines.
• Familiarity in using cloud platforms for deploying and managing applications – multiple cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) a plus.
• Knowledge of containerization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and customize features for the AI Platform for Defense and government clients.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including leaders, engineers, data scientists and designers.
• Write, test, and maintain application code using Python, React and NextJS; leverage LLMs for data retrieval and synthesis.

Skills

Python

AI agents / agentic applications

React

NextJS

Neo4J / knowledge graphs

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

confidence scoring

cloud platforms

containerization

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

PostgreSQL

Neo4J

Job description

McKinsey & Company in San Francisco is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to help build an AI Platform for Defense and government clients. You will contribute by writing Python, React and NextJS code, developing AI agents, and deploying scalable cloud‑based solutions.

You will work with a cross‑functional team of leaders, engineers, data scientists and designers on a platform that leverages LLMs for data retrieval and synthesis.