Lead Engineer, Full-Stack Engineering

About the role

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today!

Job Details

We are seeking an experienced Lead Full-Stack Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership for the development and delivery of complex, business-critical products and systems.

This role is designed for a senior engineer who can take ownership of a substantial product or system component, make sound technical decisions, and work effectively across engineering and product teams. The successful candidate will combine strong full-stack engineering expertise with the communication and leadership skills required to move complex initiatives from concept through production.

The core technical environment includes.NET, Node.js, React, Azure and modern front-end development.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for a significant product, platform, or system component.
• Design, develop, test, and deliver scalable full-stack applications using technologies including.NET, Node.js, and React.
• Provide hands-on engineering leadership while remaining actively involved in application development.
• Translate product requirements and business needs into practical technical solutions.
• Partner closely with product, engineering, architecture, and other stakeholders to define technical direction and delivery priorities.
• Establish and promote engineering standards focused on code quality, maintainability, reliability, scalability, and security.
• Lead technical design discussions, code reviews, troubleshooting, and solution development.
• Identify technical risks and dependencies and proactively drive issues toward resolution.
• Support and mentor engineers while helping teams make sound design and implementation decisions.
• Leverage modern development practices and AI-assisted engineering tools where appropriate to improve engineering productivity and accelerate delivery.

Additional information

This job profile description is a standardized, non-contractual reference description and global reference tool provided for organizational consistency and talent architecture purposes across Cencora. It does not alter actual job duties, responsibilities, reporting lines, working conditions, grading, compensation, or other essential terms and conditions of employment.

Actual duties and responsibilities may vary based on business needs, local requirements, and operational practices. Where a team member's role is governed by an employment agreement, local terms and conditions, prior job description or collective bargaining agreement, those documents shall prevail in case of any inconsistency. Mandatory local laws shall also prevail.

Required Qualifications

• Significant professional software engineering experience building and supporting complex applications or platforms.
• Strong full-stack application development experience.
• Strong experience with.NET technologies.
• Experience developing services and applications with Node.js.
• Strong experience with React and modern front-end development.
• Demonstrated ability to lead the technical delivery of a substantial application, system, product, or platform component.
• Experience making architectural and technical design decisions within complex engineering environments.
• Ability to operate as both a hands-on engineer and technical leader.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and technical decision-making capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts effectively with engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
• Experience working collaboratively across product and engineering functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing applications within healthcare, pharmacy, or other standards-driven environments.
• Familiarity with NCPDP Script or related healthcare interoperability standards.
• Experience integrating applications with shipping, fulfillment, or logistics platforms such as UPS.
• Experience with standards-based APIs and third-party platform integrations.
• Experience effectively incorporating AI-assisted coding and software-development tools into engineering workflows.

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness.

• This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave.
• To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more.
• Full time