Senior Software Engineer — Cloud-Native, Scalable Systems Lead

McKesson; North Carolina; On-site; USD 131,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve cloud-native platforms that improve healthcare accessibility and outcomes. You will shape architecture, mentor peers, and deliver scalable, secure solutions across teams, with a focus on modern development tools and AI-assisted workflows.

You will collaborate with product, design, and engineering partners throughout the lifecycle, drive best practices, and champion maintainability and observability while influencing

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience building production-grade applications in a team.
• 5+ years frontend tech such as React/TypeScript.
• 5+ years backend services using C# and .NET.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and GraphQL.
• Experience with distributed systems and microservices.
• Experience with Azure cloud.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience PostgreSQL and automated testing.
• Strong communication and collaboration.
• Influence technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable software across frontend and backend.
• Lead implementation of features within distributed cloud architectures.
• Translate product requirements into technical designs and plans.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers.
• Drive code quality, testing, observability, security, maintainability.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor engineers.
• Identify risks and mitigation strategies early.
• Contribute to architectural decisions for long-term scalability.
• Improve development processes and tooling.
• Mentor engineers through leadership and knowledge sharing.
• Adopt emerging tools to enhance productivity and quality.

Skills

React

TypeScript

C#

.NET

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

Distributed systems

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

PostgreSQL

Automated testing

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

GitHub

GitHub Actions

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps practices

AI-assisted development tools

Job description

McKesson is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve cloud-native platforms that improve healthcare accessibility and outcomes. You will shape architecture, mentor peers, and deliver scalable, secure solutions across teams, with a focus on modern development tools and AI-assisted workflows.

You will collaborate with product, design, and engineering partners throughout the lifecycle, drive best practices, and champion maintainability and observability while influencing