Remote Windows Software Engineer - C++/MFC & Backend

McKesson; Pennsylvania; Remote; USD 116,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson MAPS is seeking a Software Engineer to design, develop, enhance, and support software for mission-critical pharmacy automation systems, spanning Windows desktop apps, backend services, distributed systems, and databases.

You will collaborate across product, automation engineering, QA, operations, and customers to solve complex technical challenges, contribute to architecture and product improvements, and work through the full software development lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience with typically 4+ years of software development.
• Experience developing Windows-based software with C++ and MFC.
• Experience with multi-threaded or distributed applications.
• Experience working with relational databases and SQL (SQL Server, MySQL).
• Experience troubleshooting complex software and performing root-cause analysis.
• Experience using Git or another version-control system.
• Experience with CI, automated testing, or Test-Driven Development.
• Ability to participate in an evening and weekend on-call rotation.
• Authorization to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support software for large-scale automated pharmacy fulfillment systems.
• Enhance and modernize Windows-based applications using C++ and MFC.
• Build and maintain scalable backend services, distributed systems, databases, and RESTful API integrations.
• Translate customer, business, and technical requirements into reliable and maintainable software solutions.
• Integrate software with robotics, conveyor systems, industrial automation equipment, and other hardware devices.
• Investigate complex production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Monitor and improve application performance, reliability, scalability, maintainability, and availability.
• Apply software engineering practices such as source control, code review, automated testing, TDD, and CI/CD.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, quality, deployment, support, and operations teams throughout the lifecycle.
• Participate in customer discussions, technical reviews, troubleshooting sessions, and solution-design activities.
• Contribute to technical planning and architecture discussions.
• Participate in on-call rotation for evenings/weekends.

Skills

C++ with MFC

Multi-threaded/distributed

SQL databases

Git/version control

CI/CD / TDD

US work authorization

On-call rotation

Tools

Windows

Job description

McKesson MAPS is seeking a Software Engineer to design, develop, enhance, and support software for mission-critical pharmacy automation systems, spanning Windows desktop apps, backend services, distributed systems, and databases.

You will collaborate across product, automation engineering, QA, operations, and customers to solve complex technical challenges, contribute to architecture and product improvements, and work through the full software development lifecycle.