Java Developer – UT, Cloud & Elasticsearch

McKinsey; West Valley City (UT); On-site; USD 86,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness budget

Retirement matching

Clear milestones for moving up

Job summary

McKinsey & Company is seeking a mid-level Java Developer in Utah (West Valley City) with a track record of shipping robust code. The role focuses on stabilizing systems, securing auth flows, and optimizing performance across cloud-native migrations.

The position offers a competitive salary range ($86,000–$117,000) and growth milestones, with a wellness budget and retirement matching to support long-term development.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated wins in technology work near West Valley City, UT.
• Empathy and team collaboration to unblock others.
• Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-moving workplace.

Responsibilities

• Stress-test Elasticsearch systems and harden weaknesses.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using Cypress.
• Profile memory usage and fix leaks on West Valley City nodes.
• Keep Python dependencies patched to mitigate CVEs.
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture.
• Tune Java caching for launch spikes on the same hardware.
• Translate Next.js metrics into leadership’s daily chart.

Skills

Java

Elasticsearch

Cypress

Tailwind CSS

Next.js

Python

Tools

Cypress

Next.js

Tailwind CSS

Job description

McKinsey & Company is seeking a mid-level Java Developer in Utah (West Valley City) with a track record of shipping robust code. The role focuses on stabilizing systems, securing auth flows, and optimizing performance across cloud-native migrations.

The position offers a competitive salary range ($86,000–$117,000) and growth milestones, with a wellness budget and retirement matching to support long-term development.