Lead Technologist, Cloud Engineering

MIO Partners Inc. (MIO) is a global, world-class investment and advisory institution with a decades-long track record of performance for our clients through multiple market cycles. Our team of approximately 250 people provides asset management and advisory services to current and former McKinsey employees. We manage more than $20 billion in assets across public and private markets. We are headquartered in New York City, with offices in Atlanta, Georgia; West Palm Beach, Florida; Germany; Hong Kong; Singapore; Spain; and the UK.

We provide objective advice on long-term wealth building and create distinctive investment products that deliver value relative to market-based benchmarks. We operate two core lines of business: (i) our advisory team provides advice, wealth planning, and retirement services to approximately 2500 individual clients, and (ii) our investments business consists of alpha-seeking alternative investment strategies across public and private markets.

A defining characteristic of our business is our perfect alignment with our clients. Our extraordinary mandate as a boutique investment and advisory firm, grounded in a core set of principles, enables us to create unique products and services while keeping our clients’ interests front and center.

Much of our success can be attributed to our insatiable intellectual curiosity. We seek to hire individuals who are passionate about our mission and values, and who always strive toward excellence. We care about fostering a culture of continual improvement, as individuals and as an organization, and are excited to work with individuals who have a similar growth mindset. We are proud to have a culture that promotes the highest ethical standards and investor-focused values, alongside a commitment to diversity and inclusivity and a highly collaborative work environment.

MIO (and related entities) is an independent, indirect, and wholly owned subsidiary of McKinsey & Company.

Position

MIO’s Enterprise IT team seeks a Lead Technologist who will be responsible for managing MIO’s AWS Cloud environment. This individual will work closely with business and technology stakeholders to design and implement DevOps and platform engineering best practices. This role is critical to enable a standard, secure, scalable, resilient, and efficient MIO application and infrastructure footprint within our cloud environment. The Lead Technologist will also be expected to work collaboratively with others in IT and business to realize the full life cycle of system development projects, from requirements gathering to application design, coding, testing, delivery, support, and enhancements.

Primary responsibilities

The successful candidate will have extensive technical experience working with AWS cloud technologies, preferably for financial services firms, such as asset managers, hedge funds, and/or broker/dealers.

• The new hire must lead by example and work collaboratively to:
• •Architect and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure) with security, stability, and cost in mind
• •Design and oversee implementation of CI/CD pipelines and automation strategies
• •Establish infrastructure as code practices using CDK, GitLab, AWS developer tools
• •Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure platform stability
• •Evaluate and select appropriate cloud technologies and develop best practices based on MIO’s use cases
• •Ensure application architectures follow cloud best practices for reliability, security, performance, and efficiency
• •Develop and enforce best practices for system security, compliance, and disaster recovery
• •Optimize infrastructure costs while maintaining performance standards
• •Develop reference implementations and contribute through hands-on coding as needed
• •Work with development teams to improve deployment processes and system reliability
• •Collaborate with business owners to translate business requirements into technical solutions with an eye toward technology consistency and best practices
• •Work with engineers, business users, and other stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure solutions align with business goals
• •Maintain detailed documentation for reference architectures, design patterns, and system configurations
• •Raise the bar on our development capabilities, standards, and processes
• •Synthesize requirements gathered from various teams within/outside of IT and suggest creative solutions; where appropriate, guiding MIO to “do it the right way”
• •Following a scrum methodology, organize with end users, business analysts, and other architects and developers
• •Recommend positive steps toward standardizing development processes, including technology selection, deployment steps, code reviews, and IT tools
• •Partner with development, QA, and AppSecOps teams to promote standardization, consistency, and improved security posture

Our applications are primarily developed using Python/Django and libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, PL/SQL. In addition, we utilize SQL Server, MySQL, Elastic Search, Redis, Kafka, Tableau, and various third-party APIs and data sources. Our applications are hosted in AWS using docker containers on ECS/fargate/EC2 platforms.

• Primary responsibilities estimated percentage allocation
• •25% Technology Leadership: design, mentoring,
• •25% Relationship Building: requirements gathering, brainstorming with end users
• •50% Heads Down Development

Attributes of the successful candidate

• The successful candidate would exhibit the following behaviors, values, and attributes:
• •Driven by ownership . People with an ownership mindset don’t just complete tasks—they take full responsibility for outcomes. They step in to fix issues beyond their direct remit, foster collaboration, and push for excellence. They don’t point fingers; they analyze failures and work to prevent them. True owners proactively develop their skills and drive impact, ensuring the whole team succeeds.
• •Strives for excellence . The best people set a high bar instinctively—they never settle for anything less than excellence. They deliver impact without over-engineering, take initiative where others hesitate, and build high-caliber networks to stay ahead. They spot overlooked issues, reframe obstacles into opportunities, and follow through relentlessly. When others stop, they find another way. Their drive isn’t about external validation but delivering exceptional results every time.
• •Fueled by curiosity . The best people ask plenty of good questions—they challenge assumptions, seek deeper understanding, and explore beyond their domain. Their curiosity fuels continuous learning, helping them uncover insights others miss. They do not just grow themselves; they elevate those around them by sharing knowledge and pushing for better answers. For them, improvement is not a task—it’s a mindset.
• •Problem-solving excellence . Exceptional problem solvers define problems clearly, breaking down complex challenges into manageable components using structured methodologies like issue trees and the MECE principle. They prioritize issues, develop testable hypotheses, and create detailed work plans with timelines. Their structured approach ensures they address root causes, not just symptoms. They move swiftly, with a strong bias for action, yet thoughtfully, balancing efficiency with thoroughness to deliver impactful solutions.
• •Client service orientation . MIO’s ultimate clients are our investors; producing returns is our mission. Our IT team plays a critical role in enabling that mission by deeply understanding the needs of the investment team and other key functions. The best IT professionals do not just respond to requests—they put themselves in the business user’s shoes and truly grasp what drives decisions. They anticipate needs, develop high-impact solutions, and apply critical judgment, ensuring their work adds value while avoiding unnecessary complexity or cost. A successful IT person works tirelessly to unders