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Position Summary:
CVS Health's Aetna Digital organization is seeking a highly technical and people-focused Senior Engineering Manager to lead multiple teams responsible for building and operating the backend services and APIs that power our core digital health experiences.
This leader will manage a team of approximately 10-12 software engineers and will be responsible for delivering scalable, secure, and resilient platform capabilities that support millions of member interactions. The ideal candidate combines deep engineering expertise with strong leadership skills, driving technical excellence while fostering a high-performing and engaged engineering culture.
Working within Aetna Digital's product operating model, this role partners closely with Product Management, Architecture, Experience teams, Security, and Enterprise stakeholders to define and execute technology roadmaps that deliver business and customer value. This leader will also champion the adoption of emerging AI capabilities that improve both member-facing experience and engineering productivity.
Key Responsibilities:
Engineering Leadership & People Development
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of 10-12 highly skilled software engineers, creating an environment of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning
- Establish a culture of engineering excellence through mentorship, technical coaching, regular feedback, and career development planning
- Drive workforce planning, hiring, succession planning, performance management, and organizational growth initiatives
- Foster an inclusive and engaging team culture that attracts and retains top engineering talent
Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Provide technical leadership for the design, development, deployment, and operation of cloud-native backend services and APIs that support core Aetna Digital products and experiences
- Establish and enforce API design standards, engineering best practices, architecture principles, and operational excellence frameworks
- Partner with architects and senior engineers to define scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable solutions aligned with enterprise technology strategy
- Lead architectural reviews and technical decision-making, ensuring solutions meet performance, reliability, compliance, and security requirements
- Drive modernization initiatives, reducing technical debt while improving platform scalability, maintainability, and developer velocity
Product Delivery & Stakeholder Management
- Partner closely with Product Managers and business stakeholders to translate product vision into executable engineering roadmaps and delivery plans
- Ensure predictable delivery of strategic initiatives through effective planning, prioritization, dependency management, and risk mitigation
- Communicate technical strategies, tradeoffs, execution progress, and business impacts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Build strong relationships across Product, Architecture, Security, Enterprise Technology, and Operations teams to drive alignment and execution
Engineering Excellence & Operational Reliability
- Establish and continuously improve engineering practices related to CI/CD, automated testing, code quality, observability, reliability, security, and platform performance
- Drive adoption of DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, including monitoring, incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement
- Ensure systems meet high standards for availability, scalability, compliance, and operational resilience
- Leverage metrics and engineering KPIs to improve delivery effectiveness, software quality, and customer outcomes
AI Innovation & Future Readiness
- Champion the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices that improve developer productivity, software quality, operational efficiency, and delivery speed
- Identify opportunities to incorporate AI-powered capabilities into digital experiences to improve member engagement and personalization
- Stay current on emerging technologies, platforms, and industry trends, bringing innovative ideas that advance Aetna Digital's technology roadmap
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years of software engineering experience building enterprise-grade applications and services
- 3+ years of engineering management experience leading software development teams
- 3+ years of experience with Node.js, Java, or Spring Boot
- 3+ years of experience designing, building, and operating cloud-native applications in AWS, GCP, or Azure
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading backend engineering teams responsible for APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
- Demonstrated success delivering large-scale technology initiatives in partnership with Product and business stakeholders
- Experience driving engineering excellence initiatives including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, reliability, and operational maturity
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience building high-performing teams through coaching, hiring, mentoring, and performance management
- Experience with API gateway platforms, service mesh technologies, and modern integration frameworks
- Expertise in microservices architecture, containerization, Kubernetes, and cloud platform services
- Experience managing production support models, incident response processes, and on-call organizations
- Experience leveraging Generative AI, AI-assisted coding platforms, agentic workflows, or AI-powered developer tools within software engineering organizations
- Experience partnering with architecture organizations to define enterprise standards and technology strategies
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree or, equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$130,295.00 - $260,590.00
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 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
- 7+ years of software engineering experience building enterprise-grade applications and services
- 3+ years of engineering management experience leading software development teams
- 3+ years of experience with Node.js, Java, or Spring Boot
- 3+ years of experience designing, building, and operating cloud-native applications in AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience leading backend engineering teams responsible for APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
- Experience delivering large-scale technology initiatives with Product and business stakeholders
- Experience driving CI/CD, automated testing, observability, reliability, and operational maturity initiatives
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience building high-performing teams through coaching, hiring, mentoring, and performance management
- Experience with API gateway platforms, service mesh technologies, and modern integration frameworks
- Expertise in microservices architecture, containerization, Kubernetes, and cloud platform services
- Experience managing production support models, incident response processes, and on-call organizations
- Experience with Generative AI, AI-assisted coding platforms, agentic workflows, or AI-powered developer tools
- Experience partnering with architecture organizations to define enterprise standards and technology strategies
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, including a high school diploma plus four years of relevant experience
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 — Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision with HSA-eligible options, free preventive care, virtual care, and access to MinuteClinic services. Mental-health resources such as counseling support are emphasized, and coverage is often considered solid for full-time colleagues.
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Retirement Support — A dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 5% after one year and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan are consistently highlighted in Total Rewards materials. Feedback suggests retirement programs are a meaningful strength within the overall package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing offerings include up to 20 no-cost counseling sessions per issue, backup care, tuition assistance, and substantial in-store discounts, alongside broader wellness tools. These everyday perks expand value beyond base pay and can be especially meaningful for full-time schedules.
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.
