Staff Software Architect & Tech Leader: AI & Platform

RXinsider LTD.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 155,000 - 259,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across the CoverMyMeds Access Engineering portfolio. You will guide architectural direction, drive engineering excellence, and shape AI-enabled development strategy across multiple teams.

You will mentor engineers, promote best practices, and stay hands-on when designing scalable systems. This role requires influencing across product, engineering, and leadership in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Define and influence architectural direction across the Access Engineering portfolio.
• Lead technical strategy for initiatives spanning multiple products, systems, and engineering teams.
• Evaluate architectural tradeoffs and guide teams toward scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Create reusable technical patterns, reference implementations, and engineering standards.
• Establish and promote best practices for software quality, reliability, security, observability, and maintainability.
• Mentor senior engineers and help strengthen technical leadership across the organization.
• Remain actively engaged with implementation details to ensure architectural decisions are practical.

Skills

Enterprise software engineering

Distributed systems design

APIs and integration patterns

Cloud-native architectures

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field

Tools

AWS

Job description

McKesson is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across the CoverMyMeds Access Engineering portfolio. You will guide architectural direction, drive engineering excellence, and shape AI-enabled development strategy across multiple teams.

You will mentor engineers, promote best practices, and stay hands-on when designing scalable systems. This role requires influencing across product, engineering, and leadership in a fast-paced environment.