Staff Software Development Engineer - Digital

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Position Summary

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer to lead the design and delivery of Provider facing scalable, high-impact software solutions supporting enterprise healthcare platforms. This role will serve as a technical leader and hands-on individual contributor, driving results, engineering excellence, and cross-team execution across critical initiatives.  This position is ideal for a senior engineer who can operate independently, influence across teams, and deliver complex solutions aligned to business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of scalable provider-facing digital products and enterprise healthcare platforms, ensuring solutions are secure, resilient, and aligned with business objectives
• Drive end-to-end software delivery across the full technology stack, leveraging modern technologies including Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Python, React, TypeScript, APIs, and cloud-native services
• Design and implement highly scalable microservices and distributed systems architectures, including modernization of legacy applications into cloud-based, service-oriented platforms
• Partner closely with Product Management, Business, Architecture, Security, and Operations teams to translate complex business requirements into innovative and scalable technical solutions
• Provide technical leadership for strategic initiatives, influencing architectural decisions, technology selection, engineering standards, and delivery execution across multiple teams
• Design and develop secure, high-availability, high-performance application architectures, ensuring reliability, observability, maintainability, and compliance requirements are met
• Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, design reviews, mentoring, and adoption of best practices, fostering a culture of quality, innovation, and continuous improvement
• Implement and optimize cloud-native infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, and DevSecOps practices, enabling automated deployment, monitoring, and operational efficiency
• Leverage modern data, caching, and event-driven technologies, including Redis, Kafka, SNS/SQS, relational and NoSQL databases, to improve system performance, scalability, and real-time processing capabilities
• Champion emerging technologies and AI-driven engineering practices, including GenAI-powered development tools and automation frameworks, to accelerate software delivery and enhance product innovation

 

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience delivering enterprise-scale, full-stack applications
• 5+ years of experience with one of the following: Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Python, Microservices design & development
• 5+ years of experience with one of the following: React, TypeScript-based frameworks
• 3+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps & DevSecOps practices, including tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, and infrastructure-as-code for automated deployments
• 3+ years of experience with a public cloud platform (AWS, GCP and/or Azure)

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with API integration and design using REST, GraphQL, and microservices-based architecture
• Experience designing and implementing scalable distributed systems and microservices architectures, including modernization of legacy applications into cloud-native services
• Experience with design and implement solutions using caching technologies / frameworks such as Redis / elastiCache etc., for achieving highest performance and user experience
• Experience with leading complex technical initiatives and cross-functional collaboration, including translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Experience in using GenAI technologies / tools and frameworks to drive innovation and automation in SDLC
• Self-starter with a strong learning mindset; proactive in adopting emerging technologies and driving innovative, scalable and high-performing solutions
• Experience mentoring engineers, conducting design & code reviews, and driving engineering best practices, Dev tools and standards across teams
• Strong proficiency in database design and data management, including relational and NoSQL technologies (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB
• Hands-on experience in design and implement event-driven architecture messaging systems utilizing asynchronous processing frameworks / tools like Kafka and cloud-native message services such as (SNS, SQS etc.,) for handling transactions real-time and distributed processing

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$118,450.00 - $236,900.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.  This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program. 
 

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 11/01/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.