What Application Development & Maintenance contributes to Cardinal Health

Information Technology oversees the effective development, delivery, and operation of computing and information services. This function anticipates, plans, and delivers Information Technology solutions and strategies that enable operations and drive business value.

Application Development & Maintenance performs configuration or coding to develop, enhance and sustain the organization's software systems in a cross-functional team environment through adherence to established design control processes and good engineering practices. This job family programs and configures end user applications, systems, databases and websites to achieve the organization's internal needs and externally-facing business needs. Application Development & Maintenance partners with business leaders, investigates user needs and conducts regular assessments, maintenance and enhancements of existing applications.

The e Commerce Technical Lead, Application Development and Maintenance, will provide hands-on technical leadership for a globally distributed software development team consisting of technical leads and engineers. This role is responsible for the architecture, design, development, and ongoing maintenance of scalable, high-performance e Commerce platforms supporting a multi-year modernization roadmap. The ideal candidate demonstrates deep expertise in modern digital technologies, cloud-native architectures, and industry best practices, along with proven experience leading large onshore and offshore engineering teams. This position owns technical planning, backlog prioritization, and end‑to‑end execution within an agile delivery model, with a strong emphasis on code quality, system performance, security, reliability, and delivery efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and enhancement of core software & information platforms
• Provide platform metrics & proactively identify patterns to improve platform stability
• Ability to break down complex initiatives into small actionable work items
• Troubleshoot complex platform and cloud issues, perform root‑cause analysis, and drive long‑term stability and performance improvements.
• Establish platform standards, best practices, and governance across cloud architectures, integrations, and application frameworks.
• Collaborate with Application Development, Infrastructure, and Architecture teams to translate business requirements into robust platform designs and reusable components.
• Mentor and guide engineers across teams by providing architectural insights, code reviews, knowledge sharing, and technical leadership.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of software development, software engineering, technical architecture or related experience, preferred
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• 5+ years of experience in multiple programing languages like Java, React, REST/SOAP APIs and microservices architecture, preferred
• Experience with modern responsive UI development, SQL and NoSQL Databases
• Experience with HCL Commerce is a plus
• Experience with different AI Models for development and Architecture is a plus
• Experience with the agile methodology using tools like Jira and GitHub
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as Harness, Concourse, Jenkins is a plus
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem resolution skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills and desire to learn new technologies
• Ability to work in a team in diverse/ multiple stakeholder environment is a must

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Manages department operations and supervises professional employees, front line supervisors and/or business support staff
• Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals
• Ensures employees operate within guidelines
• Decisions have a short term impact on work processes, outcomes and customers
• Interacts with subordinates, peers, customers, and suppliers at various management levels; may interact with senior management
• Interactions normally involve resolution of issues related to operations and/or projects
• Gains consensus from various parties involved

Anticipated salary range: $123,400 - $176,300

Bonus eligible: Yes

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan
• Access to wages before pay day with my Flex Pay
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close: 06/20/2026 if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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