Director API Development and Platforms

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Hartford, CT
144K-288K Annually
Expert/Leader
Fitness • Healthtech • Retail • Pharmaceutical
The Role
As Director of API Development and Platforms, lead teams to deliver APIs, microservices, and middleware applications while ensuring operational excellence and innovation. Mentor engineers and enhance integration practices, focusing on technology trends and effective solutions for stakeholders.
Summary Generated by Built In

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

Join Fortune 7 CVS Health as a Director of API Dev and Platform within the Aetna Enterprise Integrations (AEI) organization. In this role, you will be a critical technical leader who is responsible for leading teams in delivering APIs, micro services and middleware-based applications.  You will be a deep technical thinker with experience driving transformational changes, delivering innovative solutions, and achieving efficient and effective delivery.  You will also possess extensive API engineering and multi API platform experience. You will lead teams in end-to-end API delivery, operationalizing new technologies and practices, strengthening automation and DevOps, and drive stability.  You have demonstrated your passion for technology through your achievements and led large transformation programs in the past.

 

In addition to deep technical skills, you will have led teams in delivery that include Software Engineers, QA automation engineers, Product Managers and Business Analysts.  Your leadership will enable the team to achieve ambitious goals with demonstrable value.  You will guide, mentor, and foster the team’s development through positivity, collaboration, and CVS Heart-at-Work Behaviors.

Ideal candidate can work from any of the CVS office locations in CT, IL, TX, NJ hybrid or remote model

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Technical Leader in integration practices and end-to-end delivery using various API platforms such as IBM APIC, Kong, Boomi, MuleSoft etc. IBM APIC experience will be a plus.
  • Lead day to day API development and the Aetna Enterprise API platforms end-to-end, from strategy through execution. The role involves both delivery and operational management of multiple Enterprise API Platforms.
  • Mentor engineering team to strengthen engineering expertise, contribute to a positive and supportive culture, encourage innovation, and to drive continuous improvements.
  • Proactively identify and mitigate risks in conjunction with peers and other leaders within the organization including infrastructure teams.
  • Guides work prioritization in alignment with strategic objectives.
  • Monitor and optimize performance, identifying opportunities for enhancement and addressing any issues or bottlenecks.
  • Builds relationships with partners, vendors, teams, and customers
  • Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in middleware and integration technologies to drive innovation and efficiency.
  • Evaluate, select, and manage relationships with external vendors, contractors, and technology partners to ensure efficient delivery of engineering solutions and services.
  • Collaborate closely with other IT teams, business units and stakeholders to understand their needs and provide effective solutions.
  • Communication ability to report on progress, challenges, and opportunities to senior management and stakeholders, including presenting technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • 10+ years in software engineering end-to-end delivery
  • 10+ years in various Integration Technologies, Microservices and Middleware development
  • 5+ years of total experience in API platforms such as IBM APIC, Kong, Boomi, Mulesoft etc  

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Strong experience in IBM IIB/ACE, Java Microservices, or related technologies such as Oracle SOA
  • Strong understanding of cloud-based technologies (Azure, GCP), engineering frameworks and tools
  • Health insurance industry experience with deep understanding of health care value chain
  • Experience delivering in Agile, SAFE, Kanban, and Lean practices

EDUCATION

    • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$144,200.00 - $288,400.00

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: 04/25/2025

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

Top Skills

Ace
Azure
Boomi
GCP
Ibm Apic
Ibm Iib
Java Microservices
Kong
Mulesoft
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The Company
HQ: Woonsocket, RI
119,959 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1963

What We Do

CVS Health is the leading health solutions company that delivers care in ways no one else can. We reach people in more ways and improve the health of communities across America through our local presence, digital channels and our nearly 300,000 dedicated colleagues – including more than 40,000 physicians, pharmacists, nurses and nurse practitioners.

Wherever and whenever people need us, we help them with their health – whether that’s managing chronic diseases, staying compliant with their medications, or accessing affordable health and wellness services in the most convenient ways. We help people navigate the health care system – and their personal health care – by improving access, lowering costs and being a trusted partner for every meaningful moment of health. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

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