Software Development Engineer - Fulfillment

POSITION SUMMARY

CVS Health Digital is looking for a Staff Software Development Engineer – Fulfillment who will serve as both a Technical Lead and an Individual Contributor. The Engineer will help build our next-generation platform to promote the delivery of data products that improve health outcomes for millions of people. The ideal candidate will be an analytical thinker capable of simplifying complex problems into systematic components, and will collaborate closely with architects, product managers, data scientists, and fellow engineers.

• Architect, design, and implement highly scalable, fault‑tolerant, cloud‑native services using container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) and fully automated CI/CD pipelines following Dev Ops principles.
• Apply advanced software engineering practices across the full SDLC—including domain‑driven design, design patterns, secure coding, automated testing strategies, code quality gates, trunk‑based development, and continuous observability.
• Troubleshoot and lead resolution of complex distributed‑system issues, including data consistency challenges, cross‑service dependency failures, performance bottlenecks, and distributed tracing analysis using tools.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and business stakeholders to define long‑term technical roadmaps, shape functional and non‑functional requirements, influence prioritization, and define measurable KPIs to evaluate engineering and business outcomes.
• Design and enforce microservice resiliency patterns such as circuit breakers, bulkheads, retries with exponential backoff, rate limiting, and service discovery, ensuring consistent adherence across all service integrations.
• Build and optimize real‑time streaming data pipelines leveraging event‑streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka, Pub/Sub) and CDC frameworks to propagate data from SQL/No
  
  SQL stores to analytics and ML systems with strict latency and throughput requirements.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, platform, and business teams to deliver cost‑optimized, scalable solutions using cloud cost profiling tools, storage tiering strategies, service right‑sizing, and architectural simplification.
• Own the reliability, performance, and lifecycle of existing platforms, including production support, SRE‑aligned operational excellence, automated recovery strategies, and incremental modernization/refactoring.
• Influence and standardize the use of emerging technologies, frameworks, and tooling to streamline development processes and advance overall search quality.
• Lead technical risk assessments, architectural reviews, compliance validation, and engineering audit activities, providing mitigation strategies aligned with security, governance, and regulatory frameworks.
• Mentor and develop engineers across levels, providing architectural guidance, conducting design reviews, establishing engineering standards, and promoting a culture of technical excellence and knowledge sharing.

• 7+ years of software development in enterprise / web / cloud applications.
• 7+ years of backend software development experience with Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka.
• 3+ years of distributed caching experience.
• 3+ years of experience developing in AWS or GCP or Azure or similar public cloud environments (GCP preferred).
• 3+ years of experience designing, developing, and operationalizing microservices in a cloud‑native environment.
• 3+ years of technical lead experience within a matrixed environment, including mentoring junior engineers and collaborating cross‑functionally between architecture, product, and other teams.

• Understanding of security threats and patterns with adherence to HIPAA, PHI, PII, and contractual data restrictions.
• Experience with build automation technologies like Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, or Harness.
• Expert knowledge of functional, imperative, and object‑oriented languages and methodologies.
• Experience with Cassandra and Postgre
  
  SQL.
• Experience with test‑driven development and automated testing frameworks.
• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
• Self‑motivated to prioritize work for maximum impact on business and customer vision.
• Analytical thinking—able to simplify complex problems, explore and evaluate systematically.

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

$ – $.

This full‑time position includes a comprehensive benefits package that supports physical, emotional, and financial well‑being, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources based on eligibility.

CVS Health is an affirmative action employer and an equal opportunity employer, supporting a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable laws.