Principal Software Engineer — Java, APIs, Ownership

Energy Innovation Corp; Carson City (NV); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

McKinsey & Company in Carson City, NV is seeking a Principal Software Engineer who can switch between Java and Selenium while delivering full project ownership. You will bring 8+ years of experience and partner with a team that supports your work.

Responsibilities include reviewing PRs, tuning caching for the Carson City launch, developing RESTful APIs, shipping fast, and owning a service end-to-end from Nginx to on-call rotation. Salary ranges from $158,000 to $218,000.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong Java and Selenium proficiency.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and MongoDB.
• Ability to own projects end-to-end.
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team.
• Tune Java caching so the Carson City launch spike is handled on the same hardware.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core McKinsey & Company products.
• Ship Java experiments fast, kill the losers, and double down on what sticks.
• Own a technology service end to end, from Nginx schema to on-call rotation.
• Automate Elasticsearch chores to reduce Carson City engineering hours.

Skills

Java

Selenium

RESTful APIs

MongoDB

Tools

Git

Nginx

Job description

McKinsey & Company in Carson City, NV is seeking a Principal Software Engineer who can switch between Java and Selenium while delivering full project ownership. You will bring 8+ years of experience and partner with a team that supports your work.

Responsibilities include reviewing PRs, tuning caching for the Carson City launch, developing RESTful APIs, shipping fast, and owning a service end-to-end from Nginx to on-call rotation. Salary ranges from $158,000 to $218,000.