Senior Engineer - Tech Lead

Cardinal Health; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 123,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off plan

Health savings account

401k savings plan

Access to wages before pay day with my

Flexible spending accounts

Short- and long-term disability

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Healthy lifestyle programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health is seeking a Senior Software Engineer within Commercial Technologies to lead design and delivery across backend and frontend domains, ensuring end-to-end solution integrity. You will mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and align with product owners to mitigate risk while advancing system standards.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, code reviews, and proactive collaboration with security and risk teams to deliver high-quality enterprise solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of hands-on software development experience on enterprise platforms.
• Experience with SDLC processes and system design.
• Ability to lead complex technical initiatives and resolve production issues.
• Experience with build and run operational practices and risk/security collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own technical execution quality for assigned solution areas and delivery of components.
• Lead design and code reviews to ensure standards and best practices.
• Identify technical risks early and propose mitigations with delivery leadership.
• Provide system and architecture awareness to fit end-to-end solutions.
• Define reference architectures and promote standardization and reuse.
• Create technical documentation to guide critical decisions and continuity.
• Act as senior IC providing deep technical leadership without enterprise ownership.
• Lead complex initiatives with independent implementation plans.
• Translate business needs into sound technical designs and decisions.
• Partner with Solution Owners, Product, and delivery teams to assess feasibility and risks.

Skills

Hands-on software development

SDLC processes

Production issue resolution

Security collaboration

Technical leadership

Code quality

Mentoring engineers

Architectural design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

8+ years of hands-on software development

Job description

US-Nationwide-FIELD

Full time

20185211

What Commercial Technologies Software Engineering contributes to Cardinal Health

Commercial Technologies manages the enterprise's portfolio of commercial technologies, within Sonexus, to maximize the business value of the technologies and enhance the customer experience. This function creates strategies for the portfolio and innovative solutions based on relationships with business leaders, develops back-end solutions and capabilities, and improves the front-end experience.

Commercial Technologies Software Engineering develops design options, process improvements and back-end solutions for commercial technologies to maximize performance and suitability for business needs. This job family manages engineering projects and plans for commercial technologies and interfaces with product managers to develop objectives. This job family assesses product systems, identifies opportunities for process and system improvements, and develops solutions through application of engineering principles.

Responsibilities

• Own technical execution quality for assigned solution areas, including implementation approach, engineering task breakdown, and delivery of technical components to agreed standards

• Lead design and code reviews to ensure industry standards and best practices are met

• Identify technical risks early and propose options, tradeoffs, and mitigation plans in partnership with delivery leadership

• Provide system and architecture awareness to ensure solution components fit together end‑to‑end and align to standards and patterns

• Define and reinforce reference architectures/standards to promote standardization and reuse where applicable

• Create supporting technical documentation to guide critical decisions and ensure continuity across teams

• Operates as a senior individual contributor, providing deep technical leadership without direct responsibility for enterprise‑level ownership

• Leads technical execution on complex initiatives, independently defining implementation approaches, tasks, and technical deliverables

• Owns technical standards, code quality, and design integrity for assigned solution areas

• Translates business and solution intent into sound technical designs and implementation decisions

• Partners closely with Solution Owners, Product, and delivery teams to assess feasibility, identify risks, and recommend tradeoffs

• Serves as a technical authority and escalation point for complex engineering and production issues

• Applies SDLC practices consistently and reinforces engineering discipline across design, build, test, and release activities

• Influences outcomes through expertise and collaboration rather than positional authority

• Coaches and mentors engineers, raising overall team technical maturity and execution consistency

• Success is measured by technical leadership, execution quality, and enablement of delivery teams—not by ownership of budgets, roadmaps, or end‑to‑end delivery outcomes.

• High‑quality technical delivery with reduced rework and fewer preventable defects

• Consistent application of engineering standards, effective code/design review discipline, and improved team technical maturity

• Improved run stability and faster resolution of complex technical issues through monitoring‑informed troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis

• Strong partnership with Solution Owners by providing feasible technical options and risk tradeoffs without assuming enterprise ownership

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience

• 8+ years of hands‑on software development and/or application development experience (custom and/or enterprise platforms) preffered

• Experience in SDLC processes including requirements analysis and system design, and/or software engineering principles

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives, define deliverables, and resolve production issues effectively

• Experience with build & run operational practices (incident/change concepts, CMDB/ITIL‑adjacent exposure)

• Experience partnering with Risk/Security and operating in regulated environments where reliability and controls matter

• Experience producing reference standards, technical roadmaps, and reusable patterns within a platform or solution domain

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Applies advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to manage a wide variety of projects

• Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals

• Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models

• Works on or may lead complex projects of large scope

• Projects may have significant and long-term impact

• Provides solutions which may set precedent

• Independently determines method for completion of new projects

• Receives guidance on overall project objectives

• Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues

Anticipated salary range: $123,400 - $176,300

Bonus eligible: Yes

Benefits:

Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage

• Paid time off plan

• Health savings account (HSA)

• 401k savings plan

• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay

• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• Work-Life resources

• Paid parental leave

• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close: 08/20/2026

The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare facilities.

We are a crucial link between the clinical and operational sides of healthcare, delivering end‑to‑end solutions and data‑driving insights that advance healthcare and improve lives every day. With deep partnerships, diverse perspectives and innovative digital solutions, we build connections across the continuum of care.

With more than 50 years of experience, we seize the opportunity to address healthcare's most complicated challenges — now, and in the future.

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