We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.
Position Summary
Oversight and responsibility for designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and architectures that enable reliable data access, analytics, and reporting. This role partners closely with analytics, data science, product, and business teams to ensure high-quality, well-structured data is available for decision-making and operational needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes
- Develop and optimize data models, data warehouses, and data lakes by working with stakeholders to understand their requirements and translate them into scalable and efficient data engineering solutions
- Build, optimize, and deploy forecasting models using time-series modeling, machine learning, and MLOps practices
- Apply advanced modeling and statistical analysis to Healthcare Quality metrics spanning NCQA HEDIS measures and CMS Clinical Stars
- Apply advanced statistical, machine learning, and deep learning methods (e.g., ARIMA, Prophet, gradient boosting, etc.)
- Performs code reviews and enforces coding standards, based on company and industry requirements, across the development teams
- Ensure data reliability, accuracy, performance, and availability across systems
- Integrate data from multiple sources including internal systems, APIs, and third-party vendors
- Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and error-handling processes
- Collaborate with analytics, BI, and data science teams to support reporting and advanced analytics
- Optimize query performance and storage efficiency
- Document data pipelines, schemas, and engineering standards
- Support data governance, security, and compliance requirements
- Troubleshoot and resolve data pipeline and system issues
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar data-focused role or equivalent experience
- Strong experience with SQL and relational databases
- Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines and working with large datasets
- Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and dimensional modeling
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Java, or Scala)
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Adept at execution and delivery (planning, delivering, and supporting) skills
- Adept at business intelligence
- Adept at problem solving and decision-making skills
- Adept at collaboration and teamwork
- Adept at growth mindset (agility and developing yourself and others) skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working within Healthcare Quality Management
- Experience with NCQA HEDIS and other quality metrics
- Hands-on experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker)
- Exposure to data governance, metadata management, and security best practices
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Analytics, or related STEM field. Master’s degree preferred. Equivalent work experience.
Anticipated Weekly Hours
40Time Type
Full timePay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$83,430.00 - $222,480.00This 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.
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 offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or similar role
- Strong experience with SQL and relational databases
- Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines and working with large datasets
- Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and dimensional modeling
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Java, or Scala)
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
CVS Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CVS Health and has not been reviewed or approved by CVS Health.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive for benefits-eligible colleagues, including medical, dental, and vision with free preventive care and access to virtual care and select no-cost MinuteClinic services. Mental health support is also highlighted with no-cost confidential counseling sessions per issue.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a 401(k) with a dollar-for-dollar match up to 5% after meeting service and hours requirements. Ownership programs are also offered through an employee stock purchase plan with a stated purchase discount.
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Pay Growth & Progression — A companywide minimum wage floor establishes a baseline that is framed as a positive starting point in some roles and markets. Unionized or high-cost areas are described as having clearer wage scales and step-ups that can materially lift pay over time.
CVS Health Insights
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.
