Lead Engineer, Full-Stack Engineering

MWI Veterinary Supply Company; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

MWI Veterinary Supply Company in Pennsylvania seeks an experienced Senior Full-Stack Engineer to drive advanced full-stack engineering methods, frameworks, and standards. You will deliver end-to-end solutions across multiple initiatives with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.

You will analyze requirements, shape solution approaches, guide architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and improve CI/CD pipelines and API standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, information technology, or related field; equivalent experience.
• Master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, information technology, or related field; equivalent experience preferred.
• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, systems engineering, or related field.
• Certification in cloud platforms, systems architecture, Agile, DevOps preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads advanced full-stack engineering methods, frameworks, and standards to deliver complex end-to-end solutions across multiple initiatives, ensuring reliability, scalability, performance, and alignment to domain priorities.
• Analyzes full-stack application requirements, front-end and back-end capabilities, internal and external drivers, constraints, and tradeoffs to shape solution approaches and support decisions with significant implications for delivery, risk, and performance.
• Communicates complex architectural options, API design decisions, database considerations, sequencing decisions, operating constraints, and recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders, including external parties such as vendors or partners when needed.
• Guides key full-stack engineering areas or capability components by organizing work with limited oversight, driving consistent execution, and supporting aligned delivery across connected teams and programs.
• Improves full-stack engineering processes, development practices, and technical standards through automation, reusable patterns, CI/CD pipelines, API standards, and operating methods that increase delivery effectiveness and reduce rework.
• Builds team capability by mentoring full-stack engineers across levels, providing technical guidance to emerging leaders, and strengthening consistency through code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Monitors domain-level application outcomes, delivery risks, performance signals, and integration health to identify issues early, inform corrective actions, and sustain progress across multiple complex initiatives.

Skills

Mentoring

Architectural guidance

Cross-functional communication

Full-stack engineering

Automation & CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/IT

Master’s degree in CS/IT

Job description

Job Details

Leads advanced full-stack engineering methods, frameworks, and standards to deliver complex end-to-end solutions across multiple initiatives, ensuring reliability, scalability, performance, and alignment to domain priorities.

Analyzes full-stack application requirements, front-end and back-end capabilities, internal and external drivers, constraints, and tradeoffs to shape solution approaches and support decisions with significant implications for delivery, risk, and performance.

Communicates complex architectural options, API design decisions, database considerations, sequencing decisions, operating constraints, and recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders, including external parties such as vendors or partners when needed.

Guides key full-stack engineering areas or capability components by organizing work with limited oversight, driving consistent execution, and supporting aligned delivery across connected teams and programs.

Improves full-stack engineering processes, development practices, and technical standards through automation, reusable patterns, CI/CD pipelines, API standards, and operating methods that increase delivery effectiveness and reduce rework.

Builds team capability by mentoring full-stack engineers across levels, providing technical guidance to emerging leaders, and strengthening consistency through code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing.

Monitors domain-level application outcomes, delivery risks, performance signals, and integration health to identify issues early, inform corrective actions, and sustain progress across multiple complex initiatives.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience required. Master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience preferred. 6+ years of experience in software engineering, systems engineering, or a related field required. Certification in cloud platforms, systems architecture, Agile, DevOps preferred.

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Full time Salary Range*

Full time Salary Range* $94,500 - 148,060 *This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law. The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory. Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [e-mail]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned .

Affiliated Companies:

Affiliated Companies: MWI Veterinary Supply Company Cencora is a leading global pharmaceutical solutions company that is committed to improving the lives of people and animals everywhere. We connect manufacturers, providers, and patients to ensure that anyone can get the therapies they need, where and when they need them. We’re a purpose-driven organization, where all of our team members around the world are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures. We work together every day to help our partners bring their innovations to patients worldwide, creating unparalleled access and impact at the center of health.