Lead, Software Engineer
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. Position Summary: As a Lead Software Engineer, you’ll create solutions that make our healthcare system work more efficiently and effectively to help millions of people receive their specialty prescription medications every year. You’ll build products that our partners in healthcare use every day and innovate products that don't even exist yet. You’ll work with small, cross-functional and collaborative teams with endless opportunities to take on responsibility, continue learning, and mentor others.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, develop, and maintain secure, scalable web applications and APIs.
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture team to ensure alignment with company-wide standards.
- Lead technical strategy and contribute to the long-term product roadmap.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions.
- Mentor engineers and foster a culture of learning, quality, and innovation.
- Drive engineering best practices, including automated testing, code reviews, and incident resolution.
- Influence technical decisions across teams and contribute to company-wide initiatives.
Critical Requirements:
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience
Technical Skills:
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in senior or staff-level roles
- Proven experience in software architecture and cloud-native application development.
- Strong front-end and back-end development skills
- Ability to lead complex projects and influence technical direction across teams
Additionally Required
- Experience working effectively with multiple competing business and technical constraints
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Excellent critical thinking skills and innovative solutions to improve efficiency and productivity
- Proven ability to influence technical and product leadership and various stakeholders
- Passion for mentoring and growing engineering talent
- Experience working in agile, fast-paced environments
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. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here. Our Base Pay Range for this position $148,700 - $247,900 McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page. Join us at McKesson! Apply tot his job Apply To this Job