Senior Data Platform & AI Engineering Lead

McKinsey

United States

Remote

USD 217,000 - 220,000

Full time

6 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

World-class benefits
Competitive salary
Global community

Job summary

McKinsey & Company in North America seeks a senior Data Engineering leader to drive enterprise AI platforms and scalable data pipelines. You will mentor teams, partner with clients, and advance R&D across industries while delivering robust, secure, and reproducible solutions.

You will work with Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and domain experts in cross-functional teams, shaping the technology strategy and accelerating AI adoption at scale.

Qualifications

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent
  • 10+ years relevant professional experience
  • Experience architecting enterprise data and AI platforms and scalable data pipelines for production
  • Proven leadership and mentoring of junior colleagues
  • Expertise in DevOps, DataOps, and MLOps practices
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead multiple technical teams and own the technology stack for enterprise data and AI platforms
  • Architect robust, scalable data pipelines for machine learning and analytics
  • Mentor colleagues and collaborate with clients at all levels
  • Drive innovation within the QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey Data Engineering community

Skills

Data engineering
Distributed computing
Cloud platforms
Containerization
Programming (Python/Scala/Java)
Stakeholder management
Leadership/mentoring

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics

Tools

Databricks
Airflow
SQL
PySpark
Kedro
RAPIDS

Job description

McKinsey & Company in North America seeks a senior Data Engineering leader to drive enterprise AI platforms and scalable data pipelines. You will mentor teams, partner with clients, and advance R&D across industries while delivering robust, secure, and reproducible solutions.

You will work with Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and domain experts in cross-functional teams, shaping the technology strategy and accelerating AI adoption at scale.

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