Software Engineer - Strategy & Corporate Finance

Who You'll Work With

Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.

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 for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• World-class benefits On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.
  
  

Your Impact

You will drive business impact by designing and optimizing scalable B2B and consumer-grade products, leveraging Golang, Python, or TypeScript, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and AI technologies to enhance performance, efficiency, and innovation while fostering collaboration and best engineering practices in an Agile environment.

Join our Strategy & Corporate Finance team in Lisbon (Portugal) / Madrid (Spain) / Wroclaw (Poland) and help redefine how companies create value. At McKinsey, we blend cutting-edge analytics, design thinking, and tech to drive real impact. Our McKinsey Value Intelligence team is at the forefront of this shift—building powerful software in collaboration with practice experts that help leaders cut through the noise and focus on what truly drives performance. By combining deep financial analytics with McKinsey’s corporate finance expertise, we give our colleagues and clients the insights they need at scale, to unlock growth, optimize strategy, and maximize shareholder value.

Our McKinsey Value Intelligence team is a high-impact engineering and analytics squad. We operate on a microservices architecture, and encourage our colleagues to use the best technology for the job - whether it's Snowflake, AWS, Postgres, MongoDB, Golang, Python, TypeScript, React, or anything else well suited. We’re building tools that cut through complexity, and perform under heavy usage. If you love tackling tough challenges with smart, passionate teammates, this is the place to be.

Your Qualifications and Skills

• Familiarity or proficiency in React, Angular, or another frontend framework (experience with at least one)
• Capable of quickly ramping up on new frontend frameworks and delivering quality output
• Experience with backend frameworks (e.g., Express, Flask, Django, FastAPI, Golang)
• Understanding of basic database setup, including user and role creation, query optimization, and indexing
• Experience working with SQL (Postgres, Snowflake) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases
• Basic understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), key cloud services, and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, including serverless computing, microservices, and containerized deployments (Docker)
• Ability to write high-quality, functional code with proper documentation
• Strong problem-solving skills, curiosity, and a growth mindset
• Comfortable working in Agile development environments
• Effective communication skills, able to work collaboratively across teams
• Fluent in English (both written and verbal)