Senior Software Development Engineer

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 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 Senior Software Development Engineer with deep expertise in Java/JEE, Spring Boot, RESTful microservices, and Kafka to lead the design and development of scalable, secure cloud-native solutions.

This role requires hands-on experience with Data Migration, ETL pipelines, and data management best practices, ideally in a Healthcare/EHR integration context.

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, Dev Ops & Sec Dev Ops

• 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 Sec Dev Ops  practices: threat modeling, secure coding, dependency scanning, secrets management, container hardening
• Implement observability frameworks (Open Telemetry, 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.

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 5+ years with developing applications within Java/JEE, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, RESTful microservices
• 3+ years of Apache Kafka (event streaming, partitions, consumer groups, schema registry)
• 3+ years CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, automated testing
• 3+ years Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud orchestration
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure)

• Experience with FHIR, HL7 v2, and EHR integrations (Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH, etc.)
• Experience with GCP (GKE/Cloud Run, Cloud Build, IAM, logging/monitoring)
• Experience in large-scale system modernization or data platform migration
• Solid knowledge of Data Migration, ETL concepts, and data lifecycle management
• Strong understanding of security best practices (OAuth 2.0/OIDC, TLS, secrets mgmt, scanning)
• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and mentor junior developers
• Experience with Spring Batch, Dataflow, or cloud-native ETL tools
• Knowledge of SQL/No
  
  SQL, schema design, indexing, performance tuning, migrations
• Knowledge of HIPAA, HITRUST, or regulated healthcare data environments

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

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