Senior Software Engineer

McKesson Corporation; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 157,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson Corporation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead teams and drive end‑to‑end software delivery from requirements through deployment. You will define design direction with stakeholders, architect scalable systems, and ensure interoperability across services.

Strong coding, mentoring, and review skills are essential. Candidates should have a CS/engineering degree with six years of experience; a Master’s is acceptable with four years of experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a relevant field plus years of experience.
• Six years of experience in the job offered or a related field.
• Proven ability to lead software teams through full development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Leads one or more software engineering teams through full development lifecycle, defining design requirements with stakeholders.
• Architects scalable solutions and ensures system interoperability.
• Codes solutions, mentors peers, and conducts reviews and refactoring.
• Oversees quality, release management, observability, and disaster recovery planning.

Skills

Ruby

PHP

.NET

JavaScript

Java

TypeScript

Python

CSS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or data related field

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or data related field

Tools

Laravel

CodeIgniter

Flask

Cypress

Jest

Mocha

VueJS

ReactJS

PySpark

AWS

Docker

Databricks

Job description

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve - we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you.

What We Need:

COMPANY: McKesson Corporation

POSITION: Senior Software Engineer

LOCATION: 6555 State Highway 161, Irving, TX 75039

JOB DUTIES:

Leads one or more software engineering teams through the full development lifecycle defining design requirements with stakeholders, architecting scalable solutions, and ensuring system interoperability. Applies deep technical expertise to solve complex engineering and architecture challenges, using diagnostic analysis, operational insights, and product alignment. Codes solutions independently and mentors peers through code reviews, debugging, and refactoring efforts. Establishes standards and best practices to ensure consistency, scalability, and reliability across teams. Oversees software quality, release management, and monitoring strategies, including observability and disaster recovery planning. Identifies and resolves severe security vulnerabilities, contributes to secure coding strategies, and ensures compliance. Drives process and productivity improvements across teams and functions, collaborating with Product Support, QA, and SREs. Demonstrates thought leadership through technical guidance, coaching, and participation in senior leadership discussions on current and future engineering needs. 100% telecommuting allowed from anywhere in the U.S., but work must be performed within normal business hours Central Standard Time.

REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering or a data related field and six (6) years of experience in the job offered or a related field.

ALTERNITAVELY

Master's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering or a data related field and four (4) years of experience in the job offered or a related field.

Applicant must have four (4) years of demonstrated experience in each of the following:

• Coding Languages (Ruby, PHP, .net, JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, Python, and CSS).
• Coding Frameworks/Tools (Laravel, Codelgniter, Flask, Cypress, Jest, Mocha, VueJS, ReactJS, PySpark, AWS, Docker, and Databricks).
• Manual and Automation Tools and Testing.
• Multi-Tiered Web Based Systems and Complex Data-driven Applications.
• Version Control Systems.
• Technical Strategy Development using real-time metrics, performance data, and incident trends using DataDog.
• Visualize system architecture, data flow, and service boundaries using Draw.io and Confluence.
• Align technical initiatives with product and business timelines using Atlassian JIRA Advanced Roadmaps.
• Software Development Life Cycle.
• Agile Practices and Methodologies.
• Performance Monitoring and Observability.
• Identify hotspots, tech debt, and refactoring opportunities using AWS Bedrock, and GitHub Copilot.

OFFERED WAGE: $156,998 - $208,400/year

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, pleaseclick here.

McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com.

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson's full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) [e-mail] or (Canada) [e-mail]. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

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