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Lead Full Stack Software Architect


Company : McKesson


Location : Mississauga, Ontario


Created : 2026-03-08


Job Type : Full Time


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 tomorrows health today, we want to hear from you. McKessons Provider Solutions organization is investing heavily to deliver a connected, personalized digital experience for patients, providers, and manufacturers. As part of this strategy, we are modernizing our ecommerce Customer Center and transforming the underlying technology architecture. Were seeking a handson Software Architect to define the target architecture, lead modernization, and guide engineering teams as we evolve from a legacy stack (Java, SAP NetWeaver, GWT, Oracle) to a scalable, cloudforward platform. Experience with eCommerce and SAPintegrated systems is highly desirable. The ideal candidate can understand the current system, chart a safe modernization path, and lead development teams through the transformation. What Youll Do Own the technical architecture for the Customer Center modernization, including targetstate designs, domain boundaries, and migration strategies. Lead modernization execution using pragmatic patterns such as APIfirst design, domain decomposition, strangler approaches, and eventdriven integration. Mentor and guide onshore and offshore engineering teams, ensuring alignment to architecture, quality, security, and reliability standards. Provide handson engineering support when needed, including creating proofs of concept, reference implementations, and starter kits. Partner with Product, UX, Security, Cloud/Platform, Data, and SAP teams to design cohesive, scalable solutions. Ensure the application maintains an excellent security posture, including secure coding practices, securitybydesign architecture, threat modeling, and adherence to enterprise controls. Lead and participate in build, buy, and partner evaluations, analyzing tradeoffs, vendor capabilities, total cost of ownership, and alignment with longterm architectural strategy. Oversee integration strategy with SAP and other enterprise systems, ensuring robust data contracts, fault tolerance, and operational stability. Collaborate with operations to ensure observability, SLO adherence, performance optimization, and reliable production operations. Support production incidents as a technical escalation point and drive longterm improvements through root cause analysis. Participate in hiring and talent evaluation to help build a highperforming engineering organization. Requirements Minimum Qualifications Degree or equivalent and typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience. Less years required if you have a relevant Masters or Doctorate qualification. Critical Skills/Experience Extensive handson software engineering experience with strong expertise in Java and modern architecture. Demonstrated experience leading modernization or platform transformation initiatives in complex enterprise environments. Strong understanding of architecture patterns such as microservices, eventdriven systems, APIfirst design, integration architecture, and cloudnative principles. Handson experience with cloud platforms (AWS or Azure), containerization, CI/CD, infrastructureascode, and observability. Ability to understand and work within legacy systems (Java, SAP NetWeaver, GWT) to plan safe and incremental modernization. Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across technical and nontechnical teams. Travel: Up to 25% Benefits Our Base Pay Range for this position $113,500 - $189,100 McKesson has become aware of online recruitingrelated scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKessons (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind: McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application. McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruitingrelated communications with candidates. McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com. 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 McKessons full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page. McKesson welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you require accommodation please contact us by sending an email to [email protected]. Join us at McKesson! 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 above 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 longterm incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here. #J-18808-Ljbffr