Lead Full Stack Software Architect

McKesson’s 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. We’re seeking a hands-on 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, cloud‑forward platform. Experience with eCommerce and SAP‑integrated 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 You’ll Do:

• Own the technical architecture for the Customer Center modernization, including target-state designs, domain boundaries, and migration strategies.

• Lead modernization execution using pragmatic patterns such as API‑first design, domain decomposition, strangler approaches, and event-driven integration.

• Mentor and guide onshore and offshore engineering teams, ensuring alignment to architecture, quality, security, and reliability standards.

• Provide hands-on 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, security-by-design architecture, threat modeling, and adherence to enterprise controls.

• Lead and participate in build, buy, and partner evaluations, analyzing trade-offs, vendor capabilities, total cost of ownership, and alignment with long-term 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 long-term improvements through root cause analysis.

• Participate in hiring and talent evaluation to help build a high-performing engineering organization.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree or equivalent and typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience. Less years required if has relevant Master’s or Doctorate qualifications.

Critical Skills/Experience:

• Extensive hands-on 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, event-driven systems, API-first design, integration architecture, and cloud-native principles.

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS or Azure), containerization, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, 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 non-technical teams.

Travel: Up to 25%

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Our Base Pay Range for this position

$113,500 - $189,100

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