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
CVS Health Digital is looking for hands-on, passionate people who want to join a high energy and growing team to make a difference in customers lives and who want to be on the forefront of digital innovation that aims to reinvent what a pharmacy and a health care company can be in the digital world. Currently, we are seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer, who will serve as a senior technical leader on a cross-functional product team responsible for designing, developing, and delivering scalable healthcare technology solutions. You will play a critical role in driving architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, and partnering with product, UX, and business stakeholders to build secure, cloud-native applications that enhance the digital healthcare experience.
In this role, you will lead the development of distributed systems and microservices leveraging Java, Spring Boot, event-driven architectures, and modern cloud technologies. This Staff Engineer will also guide data migration and interoperability initiatives, supporting healthcare integrations that enable seamless and secure exchange of clinical data across platforms. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering expertise with a passion for innovation, technical leadership, and delivering high-quality solutions in an Agile environment.
Expectations for the Role
Software Engineering & Architecture
· Architect, design, and develop high-performance microservices using Java, JEE, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud
· Lead development of event-driven services using Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, streaming patterns, schema evolution)
· Own API strategy for RESTful services, ensuring consistent JSON modeling, backward-compatible versioning, and strong API governance
· Mentor team members and contribute to engineering standards, design reviews, and coding best practices
Data Migration, ETL, and Data Management
- Design and implement ETL pipelines for structured/unstructured data using tools such as Python-based pipelines, Spring Batch, or cloud-native ETL frameworks
- Lead data migration efforts for legacy-to-cloud or system-to-system transitions (incremental loads, bulk loads, validation, reconciliation)
- Establish data quality, profiling, and governance practices
- Work with clinical data formats, mapping, transformations, and normalization (FHIR resources, HL7 v2 segments, CCD/C-CDA documents)
Cloud, DevOps & SecDevOps
- Build and maintain CI/CD automation (unit tests, integration tests, SAST/DAST, artifact provenance, policy gates)
- Deploy and operate services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Build, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, IAM, Secret Manager, etc
- Drive SecDevOps practices: threat modeling, secure coding, dependency scanning, secrets management, container hardening
- Implement observability frameworks (OpenTelemetry, tracing, dashboards, alerts, SLOs)
Healthcare/EHR Integration
- Integrate microservices with EHR systems using HL7 v2, FHIR, SMART on FHIR, and standard healthcare APIs
- Support workflows across patient data exchange, interoperability, and HIPAA-aligned data flows
- Collaborate with compliance and security teams to implement regulatory safeguards
REQUIRED QUALIFICTIONS
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience in enterprise environments
- 7+ years of experience developing applications using Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, and RESTful services
- 5+ years of experience designing and implementing microservices architectures
- 3+ years of experience with Apache Kafka or similar event-streaming technologies
- 3+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevOps practices
- 3+ years of experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- 2+ years of experience working with public cloud platforms, including GCP, AWS, or Azure
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience integrating with healthcare systems using FHIR, HL7, SMART on FHIR, or EHR platforms such as Epic, Cerner, or MEDITECH
- Experience leading technical initiatives and influencing engineering decisions across teams
- Strong understanding of software design principles, scalable architectures, and distributed systems
- Experience building and operating solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Build, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, IAM)
- Experience with large-scale application modernization, cloud transformation, or data migration programs
- Knowledge of ETL processes, data quality practices, and healthcare data management
- Experience with Spring Batch, Dataflow, or cloud-native data processing frameworks
- Understanding of security best practices including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, secrets management, and vulnerability management
- Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions using OpenTelemetry, Grafana, or similar platforms
- Knowledge of regulated healthcare environments, including HIPAA and HITRUST requirements
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
Bring your heart to CVS Health Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable. We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day. CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$106,605.00 - $284,280.00
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 professional software engineering experience in enterprise environments
- 7+ years developing applications using Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, and RESTful services
- 5+ years designing and implementing microservices architectures
- 3+ years with Apache Kafka or similar event-streaming technologies
- 3+ years with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevOps practices
- 3+ years with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- 2+ years working with public cloud platforms, including GCP, AWS, or Azure
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, including a high school diploma plus four years of relevant experience
- Experience integrating healthcare systems using FHIR, HL7, SMART on FHIR, or EHR platforms such as Epic, Cerner, or MEDITECH
- Experience leading technical initiatives and influencing engineering decisions across teams
- Strong understanding of software design principles, scalable architectures, and distributed systems
- Experience building and operating solutions on Google Cloud Platform, including GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Build, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, and IAM
- Experience with application modernization, cloud transformation, or data migration programs
- Knowledge of ETL processes, data quality practices, and healthcare data management
- Experience with Spring Batch, Dataflow, or cloud-native data processing frameworks
- Understanding of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, secrets management, and vulnerability management
- Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions using OpenTelemetry, Grafana, or similar platforms
- Knowledge of regulated healthcare environments, including HIPAA and HITRUST requirements
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
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.
