CVS Health
Senior Manager, Application Development (Java, APIs, Microservices, AWS, AI)
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
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Manager, Application Development to lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise-scale applications, APIs, integrations, and AI-enabled solutions supporting key business capabilities. This role will be responsible for managing high-performing engineering teams while driving modernization initiatives across cloud-native platforms, microservices architectures, and AI-powered solutions.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in AWS cloud technologies, API and integration delivery, microservices architecture, AI-assisted software development, and healthcare technology platforms. This leader will oversee end-to-end solution delivery, provide technical direction to engineering teams, and partner closely with business, architecture, product, and operations stakeholders to build scalable, secure, and innovative solutions.
This role requires a balance of people leadership, technical leadership, strategic planning, and execution excellence to deliver transformational capabilities that improve customer experiences, operational efficiency, and business outcomes.
- Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering teams focused on application development, APIs, integrations, and cloud solutions.
- Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.
- Drive workforce planning, talent development, performance management, and succession planning.
- Own end-to-end delivery of enterprise applications, APIs, integrations, and modernization initiatives.
- Partner with business, product, architecture, and operations teams to deliver solutions aligned with strategic objectives.
- Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, dependencies, and quality outcomes.
- Lead development of cloud-native applications on AWS using modern architecture patterns.
- Drive adoption of microservices, event-driven architecture, reusable services, and API-first design principles.
- Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for scalability, security, availability, and performance.
- Oversee the design, development, and governance of enterprise APIs and integration platforms.
- Establish standards for API lifecycle management, security, documentation, and reuse.
- Deliver scalable integrations across internal, external, and third-party systems.
- Drive adoption of AI-assisted software development tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI, Amazon Q, and similar technologies.
- Lead development of AI-powered applications, AI agents, and intelligent workflow automation solutions.
- Promote responsible AI practices, governance, and security within engineering teams.
- Oversee application data architecture leveraging both SQL and NoSQL technologies.
- Ensure effective implementation of data integration, analytics, and event-driven solutions.
- Collaborate with enterprise architecture teams to define technology roadmaps and modernization strategies.
- Champion Agile, DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD, quality engineering, and observability practices.
- Drive continuous improvement in software delivery, operational efficiency, and customer experience.
- Ensure compliance with healthcare industry regulations, including HIPAA and CMS requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
- 10+ years of progressive software engineering and application development experience.
- 5+ years of technical leadership and people management experience.
- Proven experience leading distributed engineering teams delivering enterprise-scale software solutions.
- Strong experience designing and implementing cloud-native applications on AWS.
- Deep experience with microservices architecture and domain-driven design.
- Proven experience delivering large-scale API and integration programs.
- Strong knowledge of REST APIs, API Gateway technologies, OpenAPI/Swagger, and API lifecycle management.
- Experience developing applications using Java, Spring Boot, Python, Node.js, or similar modern platforms.
- Experience building and scaling enterprise integrations and event-driven architectures.
- Experience working with SQL and NoSQL database technologies.
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted coding platforms such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI, Amazon Q, or similar tools.
- Experience implementing AI agents and agentic workflows integrated with enterprise applications.
- Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and software engineering best practices.
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$106,605.00 - $260,590.00
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.
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
CVS Health Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
525 W Monroe St, Chicago, IL, United States, 60661
CVS Health Northbrook, Illinois, USA Office
2211 Sanders Road, Northbrook, IL, United States, 60062
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