Principal Platform Architect: Standards & Embedded Strategy

RXinsider LTD.; Columbus, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson is seeking a Principal Architect in Platform Architecture to shape the engineering platform and guide high-priority initiatives. The role embeds with teams, defines standards, and translates platform gaps into capabilities for scalable delivery.

You will influence decisions early, build reference architectures, and mentor engineers to sustain architectural coherence at scale across the organization.

Qualifications

• 13+ years of software and platform architecture experience with cross-system scope.
• Ability to prototype, review code/architecture, and teach architectural thinking.
• Experience setting architectural direction for cloud-native platforms and reducing debt.

Responsibilities

• Own architectural direction for core platform domains and establish standards.
• Develop and ratify architectural standards through ARB; create reference architectures.
• Mentor engineers and build organizational capability for platform coherence.
• Serve as embedded partner on high-profile initiatives and ensure platform alignment.

Skills

13+ years software/architecture

Cloud-native platforms

Architectural governance (ARB/TAB)

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related

Tools

CI/CD tooling

API design patterns

Job description

McKesson is seeking a Principal Architect in Platform Architecture to shape the engineering platform and guide high-priority initiatives. The role embeds with teams, defines standards, and translates platform gaps into capabilities for scalable delivery.

You will influence decisions early, build reference architectures, and mentor engineers to sustain architectural coherence at scale across the organization.