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.
What You’ll Do
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 prove sponsorship for this role, presently or in the future.
Minimum Qualifications
Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4+ years of relevant experience.
Experience & Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or another STEM field, or equivalent practical experience
Typically 4+ years of relevant professional experience
Critical Skills (Must Have)
4+ years of professional software engineering experience
Strong (4+ years) hands‑on experience building backend services
Proficiency in C# and TypeScript
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
Preferred Skills (Nice to Have)
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
Level Expectations
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
Collaboration & Culture
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 click here.
Our Base Pay Range for this position
$110,300 - $183,800McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (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 recruiting-related communications with candidates.
McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com.
McKesson is an 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 McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.
McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) [email protected] or (Canada) [email protected]. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.
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