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# Full-Stack Engineer - US Defense Public Sector

- **Company:** McKinsey & Company
- **Location:** Boston, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Data Retrieval, Software Debugging, Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Neo4j, Next.js, Google Cloud, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, AI Platforms
- **Published:** September 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=df13f19b4f033b5f

## About the Role

Do you want to do work that matters, alongside supportive leaders who will help you grow faster than you ever thought possible? Are you a creative problem-solver who is energized by challenges? You've come to the right place., * US Citizenship required

 * SECRET Security Clearance Required; TS+ clearance preferred
 * Defense experience and experience working with data at various classification levels required
 * 3+ years of experience as a Software Engineer; Previous enterprise platform experience preferred
 * Strong programming skills in Python
 * Expertise with AI agents / agentic applications,
 * React and NextJS, Neo4J / knowledge graphs, PostgreSQL or cloud equivalent such as Amazon RDS
 * Experience with CI/CD pipeline setup and management.
 * Experience with confidence scoring and validation pipelines
 * Familiarity in using cloud platforms for deploying and managing applications - multiple cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) a plus
 * Knowledge of containerization

## Description

You will work with our firm's top technical minds on a product team developing an AI Platform that will enable next-generation client services and will be at the forefront of developing this exciting technology for our firm.
You will work with a cross-functional team that includes senior firm leaders, CST leaders, practice leaders and cutting-edge engineers. The team is led by some of our firm's most senior leaders and is scaling to a large team of full-stack engineers, data engineers, data scientists, and designers.
Your work will specifically focus on customization and additional features required to deploy this platform for Defense and other Government clients.
You will be at the forefront of our firm's Generative AI initiatives. Your work will involve writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining application code using Python, React and NextJS. You will leverage industry leading LLMs to drive data retrieval and synthesis.
Your expertise will be crucial in identifying and resolving technical issues and challenges. This involves keeping up to date with the fast-moving technology of generative AI and leveraging the best of the industry to keep the Platform at the leading edge of generative AI products. You will be pivotal in driving innovation within our firm, delivering impactful AI solutions, and collaborating with a distributed team across the world.