Software Engineer II - Orchestro

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 to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.

Your Impact

You’ll be based in the Budapest office working with clients and the global Orchestro team.

Orchestro is McKinsey’s proprietary Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that accelerates agility, simplifies planning, and enhances enterprise-wide transparency for clients. Orchestro already has 5,000+ users across 3 continents and has some impactful success cases. Orchestro typically creates value for clients by bringing efficiency, automation, and transparency into the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) process saving clients up to 50% QBR preparation time, improving client’s Objectives and Key Results (OKR) attainment (~20-30% improvement), and enhancing adoption of agile ways of working.

You will join a cross-functional squad that owns an end-to-end slice of Orchestro, McKinsey’s SaaS platform for enterprise agility, planning, and transparency. Working side-by-side with Product and Design, you’ll translate user problems into elegant technical solutions and help steer the squad’s roadmap.

Day to day you will pair-program with teammates, coding, testing, and releasing Node.js- and react-based features through GitHub Actions pipelines. A “quality-first” mindset means you add unit, integration, and mutation tests as you go, ensuring every change meets our standards for reliability, security, and performance.

You’ll also help evolve our shared platform practices: refining CI/CD workflows, improving Kubernetes deployments, and extending observability so that every squad can ship safely and often.

From day one you are empowered to propose product or technical improvements. Ideas win on merit, not titles. You’ll have a dedicated mentor, clear progression criteria, and regular feedback conversations that map your path toward Senior Engineer.

Beyond the team, you can tap into McKinsey-wide engineering guilds, bootcamps, and a global network of experts. Whether you want to deepen full-stack skills, learn advanced platform engineering, or explore leadership, you’ll find ample resources and support.

Your Qualifications and Skills

• 2+ years building production web software (preferably Node.js & modern React)
• Experience with Typescript
• Hands-on experience with automated testing and CI/CD workflows
• Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes or another cloud-native deployment stack
• Fluent English for day-to-day collaboration and stakeholder communication