Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead - Cloud, APIs & Microservices

Cardinal Health; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 125,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401k savings plan

Paid time off

MyFlexPay access

HSAs

FSAs

Disability coverage

Work‑Life resources

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health is seeking a Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead to provide technical leadership, solution architecture guidance, and hands‑on development for complex enterprise applications, APIs, and cloud‑native platforms.

You will partner with Product, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, and Delivery teams to ensure strategic objectives are met, driving modernization and secure software delivery across multiple streams.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of experience preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience preferred.
• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices Architecture, React and/or Angular.
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms including Google Cloud Platform (preferred).
• Strong experience with Kubernetes (GKE preferred), Cloud‑native app development, Container orchestration, Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience implementing and supporting CI/CD Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Concourse, ArgoCD, Terraform.
• Hands‑on experience with API Management and Integration platforms such as Apigee & Other enterprise integration platforms.
• Strong understanding of OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, API Security, Authentication and Authorization models.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Relational and NoSQL databases, Data integration and analytics platforms.
• Experience using OpenAPI / Swagger, API lifecycle management, Automated testing frameworks, Observability and monitoring tools.
• Experience working within regulated environments such as healthcare, pharmacy, or financial services.
• Understanding of HIPAA, SOC 2, HITRUST, SSDLC, Risk & compliance controls.
• Experience leading cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
• Experience building enterprise integration platforms and API ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise applications, APIs, integrations, and cloud‑native solutions.
• Own end‑to‑end technical solution delivery across multiple workstreams, ensuring scalability, security, reliability, and maintainability.
• Define and drive technical architecture, engineering standards, design patterns, and development best practices across teams.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions and guide teams through implementation strategies.
• Lead technical planning, estimation, and architecture reviews for all initiatives.
• Drive design decisions that balance business objectives, technical debt, operational supportability, performance, cost, and risk.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to developers, engineers, and managed service partners.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex technical challenges, production incidents, and architecture‑related decisions.
• Lead root cause analysis efforts and ensure preventive measures are implemented to improve system stability and reliability.
• Review application designs, code, infrastructure components, and deployment strategies to ensure quality and compliance with organizational standards.
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including DevSecOps, CI/CD, IaC, automated testing, and observability.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Risk, Compliance, and Platform Engineering teams to implement secure and compliant solutions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative solutions that improve business outcomes and developer productivity.
• Design and implement integration solutions across internal and external platforms using APIs, event‑driven architectures, and integration platforms.
• Provide end‑to‑end technical oversight across application, integration, data, security, infrastructure, and operational domains.
• Establish technical roadmaps and identify modernization, automation, and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Ensure applications meet operational excellence requirements including monitoring, alerting, HA/DR, performance, and supportability.
• Influence technical strategy and engineering direction across multiple products and teams.
• Lead technical discussions with business stakeholders, vendors, architects, and leadership teams.
• Define project milestones, technical deliverables, dependencies, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, innovation, quality, and continuous learning.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

React

Angular

GKE

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Concourse

ArgoCD

Terraform

Apigee

OAuth2/OpenID Connect

JWT

API Security

PostgreSQL

BigQuery

NoSQL

OpenAPI/Swagger

Observability

HIPAA/SOC2/HITRUST

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Kubernetes (GKE)

GitHub Actions

Concourse

ArgoCD

Terraform

Apigee

OpenAPI/Swagger

Job description

Cardinal Health is seeking a Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead to provide technical leadership, solution architecture guidance, and hands‑on development for complex enterprise applications, APIs, and cloud‑native platforms.

You will partner with Product, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, and Delivery teams to ensure strategic objectives are met, driving modernization and secure software delivery across multiple streams.