Software Developer, Backend Developer

Overview

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 tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you.

Join a backend integration team responsible for building, onboarding, and maintaining integrations with EHR health systems. In this role, you'll design and support reliable, scalable backend services that enable critical healthcare workflows. You'll work closely with product managers and fellow engineers in a highly collaborative environment, contributing to well-scoped features while continuing to grow technical depth and system knowledge.

This position is ideal for an engineer who enjoys backend development, distributed systems, and cross-functional collaboration, and who values code quality, operational reliability, and continuous learning.

• Build and maintain backend services that support EHR integrations
• Contribute to onboarding new integrations and improving operational reliability
• Collaborate closely with product managers on solution design and delivery
• Pair regularly with teammates and participate in code reviews
• Own and deliver well-scoped features with guidance from senior engineers
• Communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs clearly with the team

Priority will be given to candidates who reside in the Columbus, OH metropolitan area. This role will allow for remote working.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role, presently or in the future.

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4+ years of relevant experience.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or another STEM field, or equivalent practical experience
• Typically 4+ years of relevant professional experience

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong (4+ years) hands-on experience building backend services
• Proficiency in C# and Type Script
• Experience (4+ years) with Ruby, React, and JavaScript (legacy/supporting systems)
• Experience working with Kafka or similar event-driven / messaging platforms
• Experience designing, building, or supporting system integrations
• Ability to produce maintainable, high-quality code
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

• Experience with Ruby, React, or JavaScript in legacy or supporting systems
• Experience supporting production systems with reliability and operational ownership
• Exposure to healthcare systems, EHR platforms, or regulated environments
• Comfort pairing or mobbing as part of a collaborative engineering culture

Engineers at this level are expected to:

• Independently deliver assigned work
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
• Communicate clearly about progress, risks, and dependencies
• Collaborate actively with engineers and product partners
• Continue building technical depth and system understanding

• Comfortable pairing and working cross-functionally
• Demonstrates accountability, curiosity, and empathy
• Values feedback, learning, and continuous improvement
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

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 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 long-term incentive opportunities may be offered.

For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please .

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$110,300 - $183,800

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