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Senior Software Engineer - Java Backend

CVS Health
Woonsocket, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 4 Sept 2025
💰 $203,940/yr($101,970/yr$203,940/yr)

About the role

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

We are seeking a highly skilled backend-focused Senior Software Engineer to join our modernization team focused on transforming the legacy CVS pharmacy systems into a cutting-edge, cloud-native platform hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). As part of the team, you will play a crucial role in designing and developing microservices that drive the modernization of critical patient and drug domains. You will work on integrating cloud-native solutions, enhancing performance, and ensuring seamless operation within a highly scalable and secure environment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in backend development, system design, and a strong understanding of cloud-native software engineering principles.

*Preference is for candidates to work hybrid out of our corporate office in Woonsocket, RI or Hartford, CT;  remote will be considered for candidates not in close proximity to an office.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain backend microservices using Java and Spring Boot

  • Build and integrate APIs (both GraphQL and REST) for scalable service communication

  • Deploy and manage services on Google Cloud Platform (GKE)

  • Work with Google Cloud Spanner (Postgres dialect) and pub/sub tools like Confluent Kafka (or similar)

  • Automate CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Argo CD

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of backend development experience with Java and Spring Boot

  • 2+ years working with APIs (GraphQL and REST) in microservices architectures

  • 2+ years hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure

  • 2+ years working with pub/sub tools like Kafka or similar

  • 2+ years’ experience with databases (Postgres or similar)

  • 2+ years’ experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD, or similar)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform

  • 7-10+ years of backend development experience with Java and Spring Boot

  • Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts; experience deploying services on GKE is a plus

  • Strong understanding of microservice best practices and distributed systems

Education
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (High School Diploma and 4 years relevant experience)

Business Overview
Bring your heart to CVS Health Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.  Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.  We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day.  CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.  We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$101,970.00 - $203,940.00

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 fal

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