This role pays more than
62%
of similar roles. Most pay
$169,550–$241,225
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$217k
versus about
$205k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About McKesson Corporation
McKesson Corporation is a premier American healthcare services company that distributes pharmaceuticals, medical-surgical supplies, and provides technology to the healthcare industry.
McKesson Corporation currently has
61 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$121,100–$201,900
across 61 roles with salary data.
Principal Architect, Platform Architecture serves as a senior individual contributor within the Platform Architecture team, balancing a dual mandate of shaping the engineering platform while embedding in high-priority, complex initiatives. The role involves owning architectural direction for core platform domains, developing and ratifying organizational standards through the Architecture Review Board, and creating reference architectures and reusable patterns. You will identify technical debt, manage a technology radar to guide multi-year investments, and mentor engineers on platform-wide thinking. Key responsibilities include ensuring new workloads align with platform standards and translating identified gaps into core capabilities. Required expertise includes cloud infrastructure architecture, CI/CD design, developer experience tooling, security compliance, and API service patterns. The role addresses the challenge of maintaining architectural coherence across a federated engineering organization while managing complex requirements in healthcare technology and regulated data environments.
What does a Architect earn?
Median $231525 from 34 postings across 19 companies.