Senior Software Development Engineer - Microservices
CVS Health1 month ago
Base Salary
$93k - $204k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, modernize, and provide production support for critical prior authorization applications.
- Build scalable, secure, and highly available cloud-native microservices and distributed systems.
- Develop event-driven and streaming solutions using Kafka or similar messaging platforms.
- Implement and operationalize Generative AI, LLM, RAG, AI agent, prompt engineering, and model evaluation solutions.
- Integrate enterprise applications with Gemini, Vertex AI, OpenAI, Claude, or similar AI platforms.
- Drive application architecture, cloud modernization, reliability, performance optimization, observability, and production support.
- Lead architecture reviews, mentor engineers, and promote engineering best practices across teams.
- Collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Science, Product, Business, and other stakeholders on AI-powered workflow automation and decision-support systems.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of software engineering experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale applications.
- At least 2 years serving as a Technical Lead, Senior Engineer, or equivalent technical leadership role.
- Strong Python application development experience with FastAPI, Flask, or similar API frameworks.
- Experience designing and implementing microservices, distributed systems, and APIs.
- Strong Google Cloud Platform and cloud-native application development experience.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, GKE, Docker or containerization, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and GitHub.
- Experience with Kafka or similar messaging platforms and event-driven or streaming solutions.
- Experience with BigQuery, BigTable, SQL, and large-scale data processing solutions.
- Understanding of software architecture, design patterns, system reliability, performance optimization, and observability.
- Experience implementing Generative AI, LLM, RAG, AI agents, agentic workflows, prompt engineering, and model evaluation frameworks.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- Preferred experience in healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, utilization management, or prior authorization operations.
- Preferred experience with regulated AI applications, MLOps, AI governance, model monitoring, responsible AI, cloud migration, document intelligence, OCR, intelligent automation, healthcare data standards, secure data processing, and compliance.
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a related field is preferred, along with relevant cloud, Kubernetes, AI/ML, or software architecture certifications.
Benefits
- Full-time position with a 40-hour work week.
- Base pay range of $92,700.00-$203,940.00 annually, with eligibility for a CVS Health bonus, commission, or short-term incentive program.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off; retirement savings options; wellness programs; and other benefits based on eligibility.
- Application window anticipated to close on 12/04/2026.
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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.