Staff Software Developer

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 is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across the CoverMyMeds Access Engineering portfolio. Reporting to the Senior Director of Access Engineering, this role operates across multiple engineering teams and product domains, driving architectural consistency, engineering excellence, and technical strategy. This is a highly influential individual contributor role focused on solving complex technical challenges, improving engineering effectiveness, and shaping the future of software development within Access Engineering. Success in this position is measured by organizational impact, technical leadership, and the outcomes enabled across teams rather than individual code contributions alone.

What You'll Do

• Technical Leadership & ArchitectureDefine and influence architectural direction across the Access Engineering portfolio.Lead technical strategy for initiatives that span 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.
• Engineering ExcellenceEstablish and promote best practices for software quality, reliability, security, observability, and maintainability.Help teams improve automated testing, production readiness, operational excellence, and system performance.Drive consistency in engineering practices while minimizing unnecessary complexity.
• Platform & Developer ProductivityIdentify opportunities to improve shared tooling, platform capabilities, and development workflows.Reduce technical friction and operational overhead, enabling engineers to focus on delivering customer value.Champion improvements that increase engineering velocity, quality, and sustainability.
• AI-Enabled EngineeringDefine and advance Access Engineering's strategy for AI-assisted software development and AI-enabled engineering practices.Partner with enterprise AI teams to adopt established standards while identifying use cases specific to Access Engineering.Evaluate tools, practices, and safeguards that support the responsible use of AI throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Technical Mentorship & InfluenceMentor senior engineers and help strengthen technical leadership across the organization.Foster a culture of technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.Influence engineering, product, and leadership stakeholders through technical expertise and strategic thinking.
• Hands-On Technical ContributionRemain actively engaged with implementation details to ensure architectural decisions are practical and executable.Contribute to software design, prototyping, troubleshooting, and critical development efforts when appropriate.Partner with engineering teams to solve complex technical and operational challenges.

Priority will be given to candidates who reside in the Columbus, OH metropolitan area.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role presently or in the future.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field; equivalent practical experience considered.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 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.

Critical & Required Skills

• The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong capabilities in the following areas:Software ArchitectureEnterprise application architectureDistributed systems designMicroservices and service-oriented architecturesAPI strategy and integration patternsEvent-driven architecturesSystem scalability and performance optimizationEngineering LeadershipTechnical strategy and roadmap developmentCross-team collaboration and influenceArchitectural governance and standardsTechnical decision-making and tradeoff analysisLeading large-scale, complex technical initiativesSoftware Quality & ReliabilityAutomated testing strategiesObservability and monitoringSite reliability principlesSecure software development practicesProduction readiness and operational excellenceCloud & Modern DevelopmentCloud-native architecturesCI/CD and DevOps practicesInfrastructure automationModern software engineering practicesDeveloper productivity and platform engineering conceptsAI Readiness & Engineering InnovationExperience evaluating or implementing AI-assisted development toolsUnderstanding of responsible AI practices and governance considerationsAbility to identify practical AI use cases that improve engineering effectiveness

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare technology, health tech, pharmacy technology, payer technology, or regulated industries.
• Familiarity with prior authorization workflows, healthcare interoperability, or healthcare integrations.
• Experience supporting engineering organizations with 50+ developers across multiple products.
• Experience building developer platforms, shared services, or internal engineering tooling.
• Experience with architectural modernization initiatives involving legacy systems.
• Experience implementing engineering effectiveness metrics and software quality frameworks.
• Experience with AWS or other major cloud platforms.
• Prior experience serving as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Lead Architect, or equivalent senior individual contributor.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered.

Our Base Pay Range for this position $155,300 - $258,800

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category.

For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

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Join us at McKesson!

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.