Senior AI Full Stack Software Engineer

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.

As an Sr AI Full Stack Software Engineer with CoverMyMeds, you'll be responsible for developing cutting-edge AI solutions to improve healthcare outcomes. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy AI models and applications that enhance patient care, streamline clinical workflows, and drive business growth. Your role will involve leveraging advanced technologies such as machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and cloud computing to create innovative AI products and services.

*Our preferred candidate will reside in Columbus, OH. Position will primarily allow for remote working with occasional in-office support for presence for key meetings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions: Design and deploy AI applications that support decision-making, patient engagement, and operational efficiency

• Integrate AI into EHRs and Clinical Systems: Build scalable systems that incorporate LLMs, voice/image recognition, and document parsing into existing healthcare IT infrastructure

• Develop and Optimize Data Pipelines: Ensure secure, HIPAA-compliant data pipelines for training and deploying AI models using structured and unstructured healthcare data (e.g., clinical notes, imaging, lab results)

• Model Evaluation and Compliance: Apply rigorous evaluation metrics (e.g., sensitivity, specificity, AUC-ROC) and ensure models meet regulatory and ethical standards

• Mentor and Lead: Guide junior engineers and contribute to the strategic direction of AI initiatives within the organization.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in Computer Science or related engineering discipline, or equivalent experience, and minimum 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in AI/ML development

• 2+ years of experience building AI solutions in healthcare or life sciences           

• Deep understanding of healthcare data standards (e.g., HL7, FHI) and compliance frameworks (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR)

Core Competencies:

• Healthcare AI Expertise: Proven ability to build AI models for clinical NLP, medical imaging, patient risk stratification, and care personalization

• LLM & RAG Systems: Skilled in building retrieval-augmented generation systems using LangChain, LlamaIndex, and vector databases

• Prompt Engineering & Optimization: Advanced techniques for prompt tuning, caching, and benchmarking

• Full Stack Development: Proficiency in Python, Node.js, and modern web frameworks

• Cloud & DevOps: Experience with secure cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines

• AI Tooling: Familiarity with OpenAI, Hugging Face, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and healthcare-specific AI libraries

• Communication & Leadership: Ability to communicate complex AI concepts to clinical and executive stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams

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

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

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