Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack)

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.

Staff Software Engineer(full stack)

Join us as we transform healthcare by building a unified technology platform for value-based care. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be the key individual contributor driving high-impact, distributed systems from concept to production. We are looking for an entrepreneurial expert with deep technical acumen who can take full accountability for project success through hands-on development, robust design, and technical influence.
Key Responsibilities and Ownership
You will operate as a high-impact technical individual contributor, owning the delivery and operational excellence of critical platform components. Your impact will be driven through deep hands-on development, rigorous design, and technical mentorship.

• Project Ownership & Design:
  • Take full technical accountability for projects from inception to deployment.
  • Drive and document all technical designs, including High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD).
• Strategic Alignment:
  • Partner closely with Product to ensure technical designs meet complex business requirements.
  • Collaborate with other Staff Engineers and teams to define and deliver holistic, cross-functional solutions.
• Full-Stack Development & Expertise:
  • Design, build, and maintain enterprise-grade systems with a focus on .NET (C#) for scalable backend services.
  • Hands-on experience with gRPC and REST API development.
• Data Systems Integration:
  • Design services that deeply integrate with data systems, leveraging Kafka-driven pipelines.
  • Utilize expert knowledge in PostgreSQL and other SQL-based RDBMS.
• DevOps & Automation (Full Application Lifecycle):
  • Own the full application lifecycle: implementation, testing, deployment via CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub), and production monitoring.
  • Drive quality standards using tools like SonarQube and contribute to infrastructure automation with Terraform.
• Technical Mentorship & Best Practices:
  • Serve as a technical guide and mentor to peers.
  • Champion best practices for maintainability, testing, observability, and distributed systems design across the team.
• Innovation & Velocity:
  • Research, propose, and spearhead the adoption of new technologies and AI-assisted tooling (like Cursor AI) to enhance engineering velocity and platform capabilities.

Required Technical Qualifications

• Experience: 7+ years of professional software development experience, with a proven track record of significant technical ownership over large-scale systems.
• Deep .NET Ecosystem Expertise: Extensive, hands-on experience with C# / .NET for building high-performance, scalable backend services.
• Data and Messaging:
  • Expert SQL skills and hands-on experience with RDBMS like PostgreSQL or SQL Server.
  • Proven experience with event-streaming platforms like Kafka.
• Full-Stack Capability: Proven ability to deliver large-scale systems end-to-end, including UI and service layers.
• Communication: Exceptional technical communication skills to effectively drive consensus and document complex technical solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• API Design Mastery: Strong expertise in designing and implementing robust gRPC and REST APIs for distributed microservices.
• Cloud & CI/CD:
  • Strong experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
  • Expert-level experience with containerization (Docker) and deploying through CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub).
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