Software Development Engineer

McKesson develops software supporting large-scale automated pharmacy fulfillment operations. The Software Development Engineer designs, develops, modernizes, and supports mission-critical software spanning Windows applications, backend and distributed systems, databases, hardware integrations, and user interfaces.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support software for large-scale automated pharmacy fulfillment systems
• Enhance and modernize Windows-based applications developed with C++ and Microsoft Foundation Classes, or MFC
• Build and maintain scalable backend services, multi-threaded applications, distributed systems, databases, and RESTful API integrations
• Translate customer, business, and technical requirements into reliable and maintainable software solutions
• Integrate software with robotics, conveyor systems, industrial automation equipment, and other hardware devices
• Investigate complex production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement sustainable corrective actions
• Monitor and improve application performance, reliability, scalability, maintainability, and availability
• Apply software engineering practices such as source control, code review, automated testing, Test-Driven Development, and continuous integration and delivery
• Collaborate with engineering, product, quality, deployment, support, and operations teams throughout the software development lifecycle
• Participate in customer discussions, technical reviews, troubleshooting sessions, and solution-design activities
• Contribute to technical planning and architecture discussions involving system integrations, application modernization, and product enhancements
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting mission-critical applications during designated evenings and weekends

Requirements:

• Degree or equivalent experience and typically 4 or more years of relevant professional software development experience
• Professional experience developing Windows-based software applications using C++ and MFC
• Experience developing multi-threaded or distributed applications
• Experience working with relational databases and SQL using Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, or a comparable platform
• Experience troubleshooting complex software or production issues and performing root-cause analysis
• Experience using Git or another version-control system
• Experience with continuous integration, automated testing, or Test-Driven Development
• Authorization to work in the United States
• Service-Oriented Architecture, microservices, or RESTful API development and integration
• Entity Framework or Entity Framework Core
• WPF, WCF, MVVM, or other Windows desktop application technologies
• Angular, React, HTML5, JavaScript, or other modern web technologies
• Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, or release automation
• Application monitoring, observability, performance analysis, or performance-tuning tools
• Hardware integration using sockets, serial communication, or similar protocols
• Industrial automation, robotics, programmable logic controllers, or Beckhoff control systems
• Windows administration, Active Directory, VPNs, firewalls, or network-connectivity troubleshooting
• Software development experience in healthcare, pharmacy operations, manufacturing, fulfillment, logistics, or another regulated, mission-critical environment
• Experience working with customers, operations teams, or nontechnical business stakeholders