Software Engineer - ACRE

Job Description

Who You'll Work With

You’ll work with McKinsey’s agricultural analytics team (ACRE) in Denver, CO.Our Agriculture Practice advises agribusiness, consumer food, government, and investor clients on strategic and operations issues, helping support industry-shaping decisions that impact the future of global food production. Within this group, the ACRE team applies advanced analytics and big data techniques to global agricultural markets, driving insights at the micro and macro levels.McKinsey fosters innovation driven by analytics, design thinking, mobile and social by developing new products/services and integrating them into our client work. It is helping to shift our model toward asset-based consulting and is a foundation for – and expands our investment in – our entrepreneurial culture. Through innovative software as a service solutions, strategic acquisitions, and a vibrant ecosystem of alliances, we are redefining what it means to work with McKinsey.

What You'll Do

You will help deliver software products with high levels of value, usability, quality and predictability for our ACRE Solution.You will develop new products to take to our clients, leveraging cloud technologies, and microservices architecture patterns. You will produce high quality code for the full technological stack, from database to UI and everything in between.Additionally, you will assist with troubleshooting basic issues and improving application performance by responding to specific problems and fixing defects. You'll document and demonstrate solutions with a focus on security and performance by developing flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code. Furthermore, you'll actively participate in SCRUM and Agile software process.You'll leverage your technical skills by applying them towards the validation of product quality and writing test code, including unit tests and automated test cases. You will keep up with industry trends and innovations and apply knowledge to the existing codebase.You will be expected to identify and escalate technical barriers, dependencies or risks in the planning and development process, and maintain a distinct value and quality mindset. You will manage your day to day priorities, time and commitments within your team setting while ensuring that technical standards and best practices are exercised.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent area
• 3-5+ years experience in Software Engineering
• Experience working with a in development team using Agile methodology
• Working knowledge of fundamental CS concepts
• Hands-on skills working with SQL and No-SQL databases
• Proficiency in automated unit tests
• Experience with developer tools and with at least one language: NodeJS, React, Go, .Net, or Java
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Azure or Google and container technologies like Docker, Kubernete is a plus
• Experience writing technical documentation
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills paired with the ability to develop creative and efficient solutions
• Strong command of English language (both verbal and written)
• Willingness to travel up to 30%