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.
CVS Health is seeking a Sr. Manager - Software Development Engineering to lead a team supporting the modernization of Supplemental Benefits engineering capabilities. This role will be responsible for driving engineering execution, developing colleagues, and advancing cloud-native architecture and AI adoption across the team’s platforms, products, and workflows.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, coach, and develop an engineering team supporting Supplemental Benefits platforms and products
Drive modernization of applications, services, and engineering workflows using Google Cloud Platform and related technologies
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to define technical strategy, delivery priorities, and architectural direction
Identify and implement opportunities to accelerate AI adoption across engineering practices, platform capabilities, and product experiences
Improve system scalability, reliability, observability, and operational excellence
Guide engineering teams in building secure, resilient, and maintainable cloud-native solutions
Establish strong execution discipline across planning, delivery, issue resolution, and continuous improvement
Translate technical concepts, tradeoffs, and risks into clear communication for leadership and business partners
Support the development of reusable engineering patterns and solutions that can scale across teams
Foster an inclusive, accountable, and high-performing team environment
Leadership Expectations
Build strong teams through coaching, clear expectations, and ongoing feedback
Create alignment across technical and cross-functional partners
Balance near-term delivery with long-term platform and architectural health
Operate with transparency and accountability in prioritization and execution
Help the team adopt modern technologies and AI capabilities in ways that improve outcomes and strengthen engineering effectiveness
Required Qualifications
7+ years of software engineering experience, including experience leading engineering teams
3+ years of experience with direct people leadership, including coaching, performance management, and colleague development
3+ years of experience modernizing applications or platforms in a complex enterprise environment
5+ years of strong experience with distributed systems, microservices, APIs, cloud-native design, and event-driven architectures
5+ years of experience with CI/CD, testing practices, observability, incident management, and secure software development
1+ years of experience driving practical AI/ML or generative AI adoption in engineering or product environments
Preferred Qualifications
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Experience in healthcare, pharmacy, benefits, retail technology, or other regulated industries
Knowledge on CloudSQL
Experience supporting customer-facing digital platforms at scale
Experience working in large, matrixed organizations with multiple stakeholder groups
Experience building reusable platforms, services, or internal engineering capabilities
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
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, including experience leading engineering teams
- 3+ years of direct people leadership including coaching, performance management, and colleague development
- 3+ years modernizing applications or platforms in a complex enterprise environment
- 5+ years experience with distributed systems, microservices, APIs, cloud-native design, and event-driven architectures
- 5+ years experience with CI/CD, testing practices, observability, incident management, and secure software development
- 1+ years driving practical AI/ML or generative AI adoption in engineering or product environments
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience in healthcare, pharmacy, benefits, retail technology, or other regulated industries
- Knowledge on CloudSQL
- Experience supporting customer-facing digital platforms at scale
- Experience working in large, matrixed organizations with multiple stakeholder groups
- Experience building reusable platforms, services, or internal engineering capabilities
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
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.
