Software Engineer II - Search

Who You'll Work With

You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.

When you join us, you will have

• Continuous learning Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Exceptional benefits In addition to a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.
  
  

Your Impact

As a Search Engineer, you will design, develop, and optimize search systems to improve relevance, efficiency, and scalability. Your work will involve building and refining search algorithms, indexing, ranking, and retrieval systems, leveraging Generative AI to deliver precise and meaningful results.

You will design search architectures, including components for indexing, ranking, and query parsing, and optimize pipelines for real-time and batch processing. Additionally, you will enhance query understanding and result ranking by implementing machine learning models and natural language processing (NLP) techniques.

Being a part of McKinsey's Technology and Digital group, you'll develop internal software solutions to support the firm's business leaders in their global client work. Leading small, agile teams, you'll deliver tailored tools efficiently while integrating cutting-edge open-source technologies with traditional enterprise software.

Your Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, computer engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of technical experience working in a professional services firm
• Expertise in OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, including text analyzers, cluster management, query DSL, aggregations, highlighting, percolation, and scaling
• Experience designing indexing processes for large datasets
• Proficiency in deploying web applications, ingestion/search pipelines, and microservices in cloud-based production environments
• Strong skills in Java Spring Boot Microservices and the ability to troubleshoot independently
• Knowledge of Python programming and familiarity with Solr are a plus
• Understanding of semantic search and vector databases
• Ability to translate business needs into effective technical solutions