Senior Platform Architect - Cloud, API & Standards

CoverMyMeds; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 163,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson's Platform Architecture team shapes the engineering platform across the organization. The Principal Architect is the senior IC driving architectural direction for core platform domains and embedding with value stream teams to turn platform gaps into capabilities.

Reporting to the Sr. Director of Platform Architecture, you’ll build reference architectures, socialise a technology radar, and mentor engineers to sustain architectural coherence at scale.

Qualifications

• 13+ years of software and platform engineering experience across multiple systems.
• Proven ability to lead architectural direction for cloud-native platforms.
• Experience prototyping and reviewing architecture and code at scale.
• Strong communication skills to document and evangelize architectural standards.

Responsibilities

• Own architectural direction for core platform domains and set technical standards.
• Embed with value stream teams to shape decisions early.
• Identify gaps and translate into platform capabilities rather than project work.
• Mentor engineers to grow platform-wide thinking.

Skills

Senior IC

Platform architecture

Cloud-native

Code reviews

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

McKesson's Platform Architecture team shapes the engineering platform across the organization. The Principal Architect is the senior IC driving architectural direction for core platform domains and embedding with value stream teams to turn platform gaps into capabilities.

Reporting to the Sr. Director of Platform Architecture, you’ll build reference architectures, socialise a technology radar, and mentor engineers to sustain architectural coherence at scale.