Senior Software Engineer - AI, Cloud & Microservices

McKesson

Columbus (OH)

Hybrid

USD 126,000 - 210,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

McKesson in the United States seeks a Senior Software Engineer to drive architectural guidance for the EnterpriseRx platform, leading complex technical initiatives from design through delivery. You will mentor peers, participate in agile ceremonies, and collaborate with Product, QA, and Operations to ensure scalable, high-quality software delivery.

The role emphasizes microservices modernization, cloud-native development on Azure, API enablement, and AI-enabled tooling.

Qualifications

7+ years of software engineering experience. Master’s degree with 4+ years of relevant experience preferred.
Object-oriented software engineering and RESTful services. Strong proficiency in Java (17/21+), Spring Boot, and Gradle.
Experience with event-driven systems such as Kafka.
Microservices design and modular architecture with API-first design and integration (OpenAPI, API gateway/OAuth2).
Relational databases and SQL (e.g., Oracle), and familiarity with Snowflake a plus.
Performance monitoring and observability (logs, metrics, traces, SLOs).
SDLC and Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban/SAFe); version-control systems and collaborative workflows.

Responsibilities

Provides technical leadership for one or more software engineering teams through the full development lifecycle, defining and refining design requirements with stakeholders, architecting scalable solutions, and ensuring interoperability across services.
Apply deep technical expertise to solve complex engineering challenges through diagnostic analysis, operational insight, product alignment, and code solutions independently.
Serves as technical lead across one or more applications and functional areas, actively participating in technical design and code reviews.
Develops and reviews User Stories and writes and executes unit and integration tests to validate functionality.
Remediate defects thoroughly by solving the reported problem, testing to confirm resolution, and leaving the surrounding code in a better state than found.
Mentors peers through code reviews, debugging, and refactoring, and establish standards and best practices for consistency, scalability, and reliability across teams.
Drives process and productivity improvements in collaboration with cross-functional teams including Product, QA, SREs, Architects, and Project Management, and embeds AI across the SDLC (design, code, test, release, operate).
Demonstrates thought leadership through technical guidance, coaching, and participation in senior‑leadership discussions, and presents complex topics to business leaders and customers in Sprint Reviews.
Understands the retail pharmacy and clinical services domain, learning how customers use McKesson products to manage their business.