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.
The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading and developing high-performing software engineering teams while delivering reliable, scalable, and high-quality technical solutions. This role combines technical leadership, people management, and strategic execution to ensure engineering efforts align with business goals.
The current list of systems includes multiple applications including, but not limited, to the Tier 1 systems for Retail Pharmacy ,where the Engineering Manager partners closely with product, design, architecture, and other cross-functional stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and execute work efficiently. They foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and technical excellence, while mentoring engineers and supporting their career growth.
In addition to managing day-to-day delivery, the Engineering Manager drives best practices in software development, ensures operational stability, manages risks, and contributes to long-term technical strategy.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Evaluate information and solve complex problems.
- Oversee staff and work with other management personnel. Need to effectively communicate instructions while leading the team to meet their goals.
- Understand complex systems and pay attention to details, as a minor error can result in major problems.
- Plan strategies for the development of designs and products on schedule and on budget
- Take part in software and architectural development activities, conduct software analysis, programming, testing, and debugging
- Identify production and non-production application issues
- Communicate and collaborate with other managers, stakeholders, and contractors
- Prioritize, delegate, and supervise all engineers’ activities and deliverables
- Manage, support, and evaluate engineers’ performance
- Hire new talent for the team and offer coaching and development opportunities
- Provide input in strategic technical decisions and solutions, when needed
- Build the entire technical documentation and project roadmaps
- Develop, test, implement and maintain application software
- Recommend changes to improve established java application processes
- Perform technical due diligence and architectural assessments of third-party technologies and solutions.
- Participate and drive a monolithic code base to microservices
- Document standards, best practices, and engineering artifacts so others can easily understand, build, and maintain best in class software systems
Required Qualifications
7+ overall years of software development experience either building or supporting / managing Backend development teams
5+ years of backend software development experience with programming languages/tools including: Java, Spring boot
3+ years of leadership experience, directly managing individual contributors
3+ years building of prior hands on experience developing highly available, performant, scalable Backend services
3+ years of experience working in large public clouds such as GCP/Azure/AWS
2+ years of experience with Kafka
2+ years of experience with Docker/Containerization
Preferred Skills :
- Works with a sense of urgency in completing tasks and resolving issues to deliver a quality project on time and within budget
- Proven experience as a software Designer and Developer in understanding business requirements and translating into software solutions.
- Development experience for projects delivered via Waterfall, Agile, and/or XP methodologies
- Need someone who is hands on solution design and best coding practices
- Experience in modern programming languages and technologies.
- High Level Conceptual Knowledge of Cloud Computing
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, capable of working effectively with cross-functional teams and influencing technical and strategic decision-making.
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 development experience
- 5+ years of backend software development experience with Java, Spring boot
- 3+ years of leadership experience in managing individual contributors
- 3+ years of experience developing scalable backend services
- 3+ years of experience with GCP/Azure/AWS
- 2+ years of experience with Kafka
- 2+ years of experience with Docker
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.
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