Manager, Software Development & Engineering
Job Location:
Columbus, NE - USA
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Job Summary
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 tomorrows health today we want to hear from you.
We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for the modernization and next evolution of a critical enterprise platform. This leader will guide engineers through the transformation of a legacy application into a scalable maintainable and resilient platform that supports future business needs.
The successful candidate will combine strongtechnical leadership product delivery experience and people management skills to drive platform modernization initiatives establish engineering best practices and build a high-performing software engineering team. They will partner closely with Architecture Product Security and business stakeholders to deliver solutions that balance innovation reliability and long-term sustainability.
Leadership Responsibilities
Lead coach and develop a team of software engineers through a significant platform modernization effort.
Foster a culture of accountability continuous improvement technical excellence and knowledge sharing.
Support engineers in adopting modern development practices and tools that improve productivity software quality and delivery speed.
Recruit and retain engineering talent while creating clear growth and development opportunities.
Balance technical priorities delivery commitments and team development needs.
Technical Leadership
Drive the modernization and re-architecture of a legacy enterprise platform.
Partner with engineers and architects to define target-state architecture and technical strategy.
Guide teams through complex technical decisions and tradeoffs involving scalability maintainability reliability and security.
Champion modern software engineering practices including automated testing CI/CD infrastructure automation and observability.
Establish standards for software quality code review testing and operational excellence.
Encourage effective use of modern engineering tooling to accelerate development testing validation and troubleshooting activities.
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:
Degree or equivalent experience. Typically requires 6 years of professional experience and 2 years of supervisory experience.
Critical Skills:
6 years in software engineering.
4 years developing software solutions.
2 years as a contributing leader or manager on technical teams or equivalent lead-level experience.
3 years working in agile processes.
AI driven development tooling(Claude and ChatGPT)
Preferred Qualifications
Experience leading teams through platform modernization or large-scale application transformation initiatives.
Experience building and supporting cloud-based enterprise applications.
Strong understanding of modern software architecture patterns and engineering best practices.
Familiarity with contemporary developer productivity tools and AI-assisted engineering workflows.
Experience enabling teams that leverage tools such as GitHub Copilot Claude Code or similar technologies within established development and quality practices.
Experience mentoring engineers in the responsible and effective use of new development technologies.
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 McKessons 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 pleaseclick here.
Our Base Pay Range for this position
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