Staff Cloud Software Development Engineer

At CVS Health, we’re building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care.

As the nation’s leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues – caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

Position Summary

Our company is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our dynamic Pharmacy Adjudication team. This team directly impacts the lives of our pharmacy customers by creating systems that process prescriptions. The systems we work with process over 10 million scripts a day and is business critical. You can work knowing you are helping many people each day.

Our company is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have strong technical knowledge, aptitude for logical reasoning, and problem-solving skills. As a senior member of our team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality software that meets business needs. You will build highly scalable microservices, event driven systems, and real time streaming pipelines. You must be comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment with a deep understanding of software engineering principles. 

• Design, develop, test, and maintain complex software solutions including API's, microservices, real-time streaming pipelines, etc. both on prem and on cloud platforms.

• Collaborate with product owners, business analysts, and other cross-functional teams to understand business requirements, create design specifications, and build software systems that meet business requirements.

• Lead software development projects by setting project goals, monitoring progress, tracking milestones, communicating with stakeholders regarding project risks and issues, and mentoring junior developers as needed.

• Manage relationships with clients, vendors, third-party solution providers, and other software engineering teams across different regions and time zones.

• Conduct research on emerging technologies, design principles, and development frameworks to ensure software solutions remain current, fresh, and future proof.

• Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code using best practices and approved design patterns.

• Perform unit testing, system integration testing, and participate in code reviews, software releases, and production support.

Required Qualification

• 8+ years of relevant work experience in designing and building software applications with expertise in one or more modern programming languages such as Java, Python, Angular as well as relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB), Messaging systems (e.g., Apache Kafka), etc.

• 3+ years of experience in designing, developing, and deploying highly available, high throughput, production-ready systems. 

• 2+ years of experience working in cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform

• 2+ years of experience in applying software engineering principles such as algorithms, rules, data structures, etc.

• 2+ years of experience of cloud technologies and architecture, including knowledge of Container Orchestration Frameworks like Kubernetes, Docker Swarm etc.

• 1+ years of experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Spinnaker, CircleCI, or similar.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to lead high performance software development teams.

• Experience in working both independently as well as part of a cross-functional team.

• Ability to mentor and coach junior members of the team.

• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.

• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills· 

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$130,295.00 - $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 our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.

• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.

• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 04/30/2025

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