Generative AI Platform Engineer - Full-Stack (Defense)

McKinsey & Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 195,300 - 199,200; Full time

Job summary

McKinsey & Company is seeking a Full Stack Engineer for its AI Platform team in the United States. You will build and deploy next‑gen client services using Python, React, NextJS and LLMs, supporting defense and government clients.

You will join a cross‑functional group that includes senior leaders and engineers, helping scale a platform with data engineers, data scientists, and designers across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Citizenship in the United States is required.
• Experience with defense/government data handling is required.
• 3+ years as a Software Engineer; enterprise platform experience preferred.
• Proficiency in Python and strong knowledge of AI-driven development.

Responsibilities

• Customize and add features to deploy the AI Platform for Defense and government clients.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including senior leaders, CST leaders, practice leaders, engineers, data scientists and designers.
• Write, test, debug, and maintain application code using Python, React and NextJS; leverage LLMs for data retrieval and synthesis.
• Identify and resolve technical issues; stay current with rapid AI tech advances.

Skills

Python

AI agents

React

NextJS

PostgreSQL

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Containerization

Tools

Neo4J

Amazon RDS

Job description

McKinsey & Company is seeking a Full Stack Engineer for its AI Platform team in the United States. You will build and deploy next‑gen client services using Python, React, NextJS and LLMs, supporting defense and government clients.

You will join a cross‑functional group that includes senior leaders and engineers, helping scale a platform with data engineers, data scientists, and designers across distributed teams.