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.

Principal Software Engineer

Join us at the start of a new era in health care where technology is transforming how and where care is delivered, creating a more connected, effective care experience for all. Our mission at Signify Health is to build trusted relationships to make people healthier. We do this by transforming the home into a health hub through a combination of data, technology & people. We are building a unified technology platform for value-based care that is improving care and reducing spending by treating patients in lower-cost settings and linking providers’ payments to patient outcomes. Signify Health is driving this industry transformation and solving some of the most challenging problems in healthcare – this is where you come in!

About the Role

As a Principal Software Engineer, you’ll be driving technology solutions between multiple engineering teams and will be responsible for design, delivery and operation of business-critical, distributed systems. We’re looking for a technically strong, passionate person with an entrepreneurial spirit to build and sustain innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical initiatives that solve complex, enterprise-wide problems - ensuring maintainability, performance, and scalability.

• Design, build, and maintain business-critical, enterprise-grade systems using modern technology and techniques.

• Deliver incremental value through iterative, customer-focused releases.

• Drive long-term improvements iteratively - focusing on simplicity and maintainability.

• Lead technical initiatives that solve complex, enterprise-wide problems.

• Collaborate with others to develop solutions that meet cross-organization needs.

• Research, propose and adopt leading edge technology.

• Continually refine yourself and others through learning and mentorship.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience.

• Strong foundation in software engineering: problem solving, data structures, algorithms, patterns, concurrency.

• Experience as a polyglot software engineer. Experience with more than one of: C++, C#, Java, Golang, Javascript, Typescript, Python or similar.

• Experience designing microservice architectures spanning multiple business domains.

• Experience using full-stack development to ship and operate large-scale systems.

• Strong SQL skills and understanding of RDBMS such as SQL Server or PostgreSQL.

• Strong experience with distributed systems design, implementation and operation at scale.

• Strong experience with cloud vendors: Azure, AWS or GCP.

• Clear and effective communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors of Science in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent work experience.

• Familiarity with asynchronous, event-based architectures.

• Experience with the following technologies: Kafka, REST APIs, Protobuf, gRPC, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform.

• Experience with an Application and Performance Monitoring platform. Ex: New Relic.

• Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with agile methodologies.

About Signify Health

Signify Health is helping build the healthcare system we all want to experience by transforming the home into the healthcare hub. We coordinate care holistically across individuals’ clinical, social, and behavioral needs so they can enjoy more healthy days at home. By building strong conn