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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.
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Staff Software Developer
The Staff Software Developer joins the Access Engineering portfolio to provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams and product domains. This influential individual contributor role focuses on driving architectural consistency, engineering excellence, and technical strategy. You will define architectural directions, lead technical strategies for multi-product initiatives, and establish best practices for software quality, reliability, security, and observability. Key responsibilities include creating reusable technical patterns, improving developer productivity through shared tooling, and advancing AI-enabled engineering practices. You will utilize skills in distributed systems design, microservices, API strategy, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native applications. The role addresses complex technical challenges within healthcare technology, specifically focusing on prior authorization workflows, healthcare interoperability, and the modernization of legacy systems to improve engineering velocity and system performance.
What does a Software Developer earn?
Median $149350 from 80 postings across 15 companies.
Define and influence architectural direction across the Access Engineering portfolio.
Lead technical strategy for initiatives spanning multiple products, systems, and engineering teams.
Create reusable technical patterns, reference implementations, and engineering standards.
Establish best practices for software quality, reliability, security, and observability.
Identify opportunities to improve shared tooling, platform capabilities, and development workflows.
Define and advance strategies for AI-assisted software development and AI-enabled engineering practices.
Mentor senior engineers and strengthen technical leadership across the organization.
Contribute to software design, prototyping, troubleshooting, and critical development efforts.
What we're looking for
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.
Experience in healthcare technology, health tech, pharmacy technology, payer technology, or regulated industries (preferred).
Prior experience serving as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Lead Architect, or equivalent senior individual contributor (preferred).
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