Staff Software Development Engineer
CVS Health11 days ago
Base Salary
$107k - $284k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, deliver, and operate business-critical distributed systems.
- Use full-stack development to ship and operate large-scale systems.
- Apply software engineering fundamentals including problem solving, data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and concurrency.
- Design, implement, and operate distributed systems at scale.
- Work with cloud vendors including Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Develop and maintain solutions using relational databases and strong SQL practices.
- Contribute to asynchronous and event-based architectures.
- Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
- Travel quarterly or as needed.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of software development experience.
- Strong foundation in software engineering, including problem solving, data structures, algorithms, patterns, and concurrency.
- Experience as a polyglot software engineer using more than one of C++, C#, Java, Golang, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or similar languages.
- Experience with full-stack development for large-scale systems.
- Strong SQL skills and understanding of relational databases such as SQL Server or PostgreSQL.
- Strong experience designing, implementing, and operating distributed systems at scale.
- Strong experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Clear and effective communication skills.
- Preferred: familiarity with asynchronous, event-based architectures.
- Preferred: at least 6 months using AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and code quality.
- Preferred: experience with Kafka, REST APIs, Protobuf, gRPC, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and an application and performance monitoring platform such as New Relic.
- Preferred: experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and working with agile methodologies.
- A bachelor’s degree, specialized training, or relevant professional qualification is preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time position with medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources based on eligibility.
- Eligibility for a CVS Health bonus, commission, or short-term incentive program and an equity award program.
- Quarterly or as-needed travel may be required.
- The anticipated application window closes on 11/13/2026.
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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.