Staff Software Development Engineer
CVS Health3 days ago
Base Salary
$118k - $237k/yr
Responsibilities
- Provide architecture leadership and technical governance for application design and development.
- Mentor and coach development teams while driving engineering best practices and technical excellence.
- Make architecture, design, and implementation decisions for scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable software.
- Drive delivery execution, operational readiness, production stability, and technical risk mitigation.
- Partner with product leadership, architecture, QA, DevOps, security, and business teams on strategic roadmaps and delivery.
- Support design reviews, sprint planning, release management, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.
- Use AI-powered engineering tools to improve developer productivity and software quality.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-scale applications.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience leading technical teams and driving architecture, design, and implementation decisions.
- Experience as a technical lead or architect for large-scale modernization and cloud transformation initiatives.
- Experience working with globally distributed development teams, including offshore delivery models.
- Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot, with modern microservices-based architecture experience.
- Deep understanding of enterprise application design patterns, RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, and integration frameworks.
- Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins.
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, or Cloud Monitoring.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
- Preferred experience includes pharmacy, healthcare, supply chain, retail, inventory management, monolith modernization, AI-assisted development tools, product commercialization, or product-led engineering organizations.
Benefits
- Full-time position with medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other benefits based on eligibility.
- Eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission, or short-term incentive program and an equity award target; compensation figures are captured separately.
- The anticipated application window closes on 11/16/2026.
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About CVS Health
CVS Health is a U.S. health care company that operates thousands of retail pharmacies, runs the CVS Caremark pharmacy benefits manager, and owns the Aetna health insurance business. It sells prescriptions, retail health goods, and insurance plans, and provides primary and urgent care through MinuteClinic and other services for consumers, employers, and government programs. Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, it is a public company traded on the NYSE.