Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent area; master's degree is a plus
- 12+ years of experience in software development
- 5+ years of experience in architecting SaaS/Web based customer facing products, leading engineering teams as a software/technical architect
- Hands-on experience in designing and building B2B or B2C products
- Broad working experience across multiple programming languages and frameworks with in-depth experience in one or more of the following .Net, Java, Node.js, Scala or Go-lang, Java, Node.js, ReactJS, Scala, Python or Go-lang. User must have experience in NodeJS, ReactJS, Python.
- Hands-on experience with relational databases like SQL Server, PostgreSQL and document stores like Elasticsearch or MongoDB
- Hands-on experience with Big Data processing technologies like Spark or Databricks
- Hands-on experience with container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes
- Experience in engineering practices such as code refactoring, microservices, design and enterprise integration patterns, test and design driven development, continuous integration, building highly scalable applications, application and infrastructure security
- Strong cloud infrastructure experience with Azure cloud. Good to have experience in AWS cloud also.
- Experience in building event driven systems and working with message queues/topics to solve real-time data flow use cases in applications
- Knowledge of Agile software development process
What You'll Do
Your responsibilities will range from shaping and implementing strategic products to ensuring that McKinseyâs craft stays on the leading edge of technology.
As a Technology Architect, you will be involved in leading complex software development teams and products in a hands-on manner. You will provide thought leadership to the senior leaders for the direction of the overall product portfolio and how to manage and evolve our architectures and product designs.
You will be involved in leading complex software development teams in a hands-on manner. You will prototype code and participate in code reviews, facilitate breaking down user stories into technical tasks and help manage the process by which code is delivered. Your expertise will expand into Cloud technologies, DevOps and continuous delivery domains.
You will be an active learner, identifying new or better ways to deliver impact with people and technology. You will develop a growth mindset and relish opportunities to use familiar and unfamiliar technologies, closed source and open source software, and develop better approaches to solving business and technical challenges. You will have a strong understanding of key agile engineering practices to guide teams on improvement opportunities in their engineering practices. You will lead the adoption of technical standards and best practices to improve our organizational capability.
You will also provide ongoing coaching and mentoring to the technical leads and developers to grow high performing teams.
Who You'll Work With
You will be based in our Bengaluru or Gurugram office as part of our Growth, Marketing & Sales solutions team.
Youâll primarily be aligned with Periscopeâs technology team. Periscope® By McKinsey enables better commercial decisions by uncovering actionable insights. The Periscope platform combines world leading intellectual property, prescriptive analytics, and cloud based tools to provide more than 25 solutions focused on insights and marketing, with expert support and training. It is a unique combination that drives revenue growth both now and in the future. Customer experience, performance, pricing, category, and sales optimization are powered by the Periscope platform. Periscope has a presence in 26 locations across 16 countries with a team of 1000+ business and IT professionals and a network of 300+ experts.
