Lead Software Architect - Cloud, AI & Microservices

Mckesson Corporation; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 94,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson in Ireland (Cork) seeks a Lead Software Developer to guide design and delivery of modern digital platforms powering customer engagement, data insights, and healthcare solutions.

You will lead cloud-native engineering, API and microservices, and AI-enabled capabilities, partnering with product, architecture, security, and business teams to build scalable, high-performing software.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with enterprise-scale applications.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering, or equivalent.
• Experience building enterprise apps using Java, .NET, Node.js.
• Experience with React, Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript front-ends.
• Hands-on REST API design and microservices.
• Cloud-native solutions on Azure/AWS.
• Containerization and deployment practices.
• Git-based source control (GitHub/Azure DevOps).

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and delivery of enterprise-scale software solutions across customer experience and digital platform ecosystems.
• Drive API-first, microservices-based, and cloud-native engineering practices.
• Design and evolve CDP capabilities for insights, transaction analysis, and personalization.
• Build scalable apps using Java, .NET, Node.js, React, Angular, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Lead event-driven architectures leveraging Azure and/or AWS cloud services.
• Establish engineering excellence through CI/CD, DevSecOps, automated testing, reliability engineering, and performance optimization.
• Champion AI-assisted development and intelligent automation solutions.
• Mentor engineers, influence technical strategy, and drive adoption of enterprise standards.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

REST API design

Cloud-native development

CI/CD / DevSecOps

Mentoring engineers

AI-assisted development

Frontend & backend stacks

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

McKesson in Ireland (Cork) seeks a Lead Software Developer to guide design and delivery of modern digital platforms powering customer engagement, data insights, and healthcare solutions.

You will lead cloud-native engineering, API and microservices, and AI-enabled capabilities, partnering with product, architecture, security, and business teams to build scalable, high-performing software.