Staff 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
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Staff Software Development Engineer to lead  for center of excellence team to design, development, and optimization various robust scalable microservices and create reusable frameworks, common component for the enterprise adoption. As a Staff Developer you will provide technical leadership , providing guidance to the junior resources and champion the adoption of best practices across the teams.

Job Responsibilities

• Expert in Design, develop, and implementation of microservices, ensuring they are scalable, robust, and maintainable.
• Expertise in Microservice Architecture utilizing SpringBoot/NodeJS and GraphQL
• Understands and applies microservices architecture principles, including service discovery, API gateways, and service meshes
• Hands on experience working with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB)
• CI/CD: Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins and GitHub Actions
• Cloud Platforms: Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud 
• Messaging Systems: Familiarity with messaging systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD): Understanding of DDD and its application in microservices 
• Agile Development: Experience working in agile development environments 

Required qualifications

• 7+ years' experience on application design, coding, Experience on Java 8/J2EE distributed application development, REST
• 3+ years if experience in developing microservices using Java Spring boot/NodeJs
• Understanding of building services in cloud
• Experience with messaging (Kafka) based integration and micro services
• Understanding of NoSQL DBs ( Preferred Mongo DB )
• Hands-on practical experience with Java, Spring, Spring Boot/NodeJs and familiarity in any cloud related technologies 
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages like Oracle, MySQL or NoSQL databases like MongoDB
• Demonstrable ability to code in multiple languages
• Demonstrable ability of Microsoft CoPilot/Azure Open AI /Google Gemini
• Experience across the whole Software Development Life Cycle

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 2+ years of experience in agile practices
• At least 2 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
• Exposure cloud technologies
• Familiarity with GraphQL
• Familiarity with Generative AI LLMs

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (Highschool diploma plus 4 years relevant work 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 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 compan