Software Engineer
Serve Clients / Tech & AISkill group: N/AFunctions: TechnologyIndustries: Aerospace & Defense, Automotive & Assembly, Electric Power & Natural Gas, High Tech, Industrials & Electronics, Media & Entertainment, Private Capital, TelecommunicationsRegion: EuropeLocations: Milan (Italy)Compensation Range Italy: EUR 45,000
- EUR 45,000Posted (LinkedIn): 2026-07-09Created: 2026-07-09Apply: you'll work withDriving 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. 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. 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.
You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. 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 to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
What you'll do
You will collaborate with a global network of technologists, designers, and strategists to help clients transform their businesses through innovative digital solutions. You’ll develop cutting-edge products, mentor client teams, and shape engineering cultures while growing your expertise across diverse industries and technologies. You will develop software products and services from the ground up while coaching and mentoring client teams on engineering best practices, user-centric design, and Agile values. By co-creating with clients and their leadership, you’ll help build not only cutting-edge products but also the technical capabilities and cultures needed to sustain them. You will participate in cross-functional problem-solving sessions with client leaders, shaping their digital strategies and delivering solutions that go beyond the product itself. Your efforts will help clients build scalable teams and engineering cultures that enable long-term success. You will be based in Milan and will be part of QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, a multidisciplinary group of software engineers, AI engineers, data scientists,
and technology consultant passionate about creating industry-shaping products and tools. You’ll work across diverse industries and technologies, learning something new with every project. With opportunities to contribute to digital strategies, build impactful products, and mentor others, you’ll have the freedom to chart your own path and grow in the areas that excite you most.
Your backgroundBachelors, Master’s or PhD level degree in a discipline such as: computer science, machine learning, applied statistics, mathematics, engineering or artificial intelligence1+ years of experience developing full-stack applications by writing code that is readable, testable, maintainable, and scalableDemonstrated experience working collaboratively with other developers, as well as technical and non-technical people within software teams Hands-on experience and willingness to learn across frontend (TypeScript, React, Angular, Vue, Next.js, Tailwind), backend (Python, Node.js, Java/Spring, C#/.
NET), and databases (SQL, NoSQL, vector databases, ETL)Experience with LLM frameworks, prompt orchestration, agent frameworks, MCPs, evaluation frameworks, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), including Docker and CI/CDStrong focus on automated testing, logging, monitoring, and overall system reliabilityExperience working in Agile teams, including active participation in sprint ceremoniesExperience pair programming collaboratively with other developersExceptional time management to meet your responsibilities in a complex and largely autonomous work environmentStrong communication skills, both verbal and written, in English and Italian (requirement for Milan location), with the ability to adjust your style to suit different perspectives and seniority levels
- EUR 45,000Posted (LinkedIn): 2026-07-09Created: 2026-07-09Apply: you'll work withDriving 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. 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. 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.
You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. 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 to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
What you'll do
You will collaborate with a global network of technologists, designers, and strategists to help clients transform their businesses through innovative digital solutions. You’ll develop cutting-edge products, mentor client teams, and shape engineering cultures while growing your expertise across diverse industries and technologies. You will develop software products and services from the ground up while coaching and mentoring client teams on engineering best practices, user-centric design, and Agile values. By co-creating with clients and their leadership, you’ll help build not only cutting-edge products but also the technical capabilities and cultures needed to sustain them. You will participate in cross-functional problem-solving sessions with client leaders, shaping their digital strategies and delivering solutions that go beyond the product itself. Your efforts will help clients build scalable teams and engineering cultures that enable long-term success. You will be based in Milan and will be part of QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, a multidisciplinary group of software engineers, AI engineers, data scientists,
and technology consultant passionate about creating industry-shaping products and tools. You’ll work across diverse industries and technologies, learning something new with every project. With opportunities to contribute to digital strategies, build impactful products, and mentor others, you’ll have the freedom to chart your own path and grow in the areas that excite you most.
Your backgroundBachelors, Master’s or PhD level degree in a discipline such as: computer science, machine learning, applied statistics, mathematics, engineering or artificial intelligence1+ years of experience developing full-stack applications by writing code that is readable, testable, maintainable, and scalableDemonstrated experience working collaboratively with other developers, as well as technical and non-technical people within software teams Hands-on experience and willingness to learn across frontend (TypeScript, React, Angular, Vue, Next.js, Tailwind), backend (Python, Node.js, Java/Spring, C#/.
NET), and databases (SQL, NoSQL, vector databases, ETL)Experience with LLM frameworks, prompt orchestration, agent frameworks, MCPs, evaluation frameworks, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), including Docker and CI/CDStrong focus on automated testing, logging, monitoring, and overall system reliabilityExperience working in Agile teams, including active participation in sprint ceremoniesExperience pair programming collaboratively with other developersExceptional time management to meet your responsibilities in a complex and largely autonomous work environmentStrong communication skills, both verbal and written, in English and Italian (requirement for Milan location), with the ability to adjust your style to suit different perspectives and seniority levels