Staff Software Architect – AI-Driven Health Platforms

McKesson’s Corporate; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 155,000 - 259,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson seeks a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across the CoverMyMeds Access Engineering portfolio. You will drive architectural consistency and engineering excellence while guiding multiple teams and product domains.

This role emphasizes scalable solutions, quality, and strategic impact beyond individual coding tasks. You will mentor engineers, shape tech strategy, and champion platform improvements that enable faster delivery and better product value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field; equivalent practical experience considered.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience building enterprise-scale systems.
• Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams, products, or organizational boundaries.
• Experience designing distributed systems, APIs, integration platforms, or cloud-native apps.
• Proven ability to influence technical direction without formal management authority.
• Experience mentoring engineers and driving engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and architectural direction across the Access Engineering portfolio.
• Define and influence architectural strategy for initiatives spanning multiple products and teams.
• Promote software quality, reliability, security, observability, and maintainability across platforms.
• Improve developer productivity, tooling, and platform capabilities to reduce operational overhead.
• Advance AI-assisted software development practices within Access Engineering in partnership with AI teams.
• Mentor senior engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence and knowledge sharing.
• Remain hands-on to ensure practical implementation of architectural decisions and prototypes.

Skills

Software Architecture

Distributed systems

Microservices

API strategy

Cloud-native

Technical leadership

Roadmap development

Cross-team collaboration

Security & observability

DevOps/CI-CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

McKesson seeks a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across the CoverMyMeds Access Engineering portfolio. You will drive architectural consistency and engineering excellence while guiding multiple teams and product domains.

This role emphasizes scalable solutions, quality, and strategic impact beyond individual coding tasks. You will mentor engineers, shape tech strategy, and champion platform improvements that enable faster delivery and better product value.