Software Development Engineer

Position Summary

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. CVS Health Digital is looking for a Staff Development Engineer, an individual contributor with Java/J2EE and Spring Boot development experience to help build our next‑generation platform focused on promoting the delivery of use cases into products that help people live healthier lives.

The role involves brainstorming with architects, product managers, data scientists and fellow engineers to build data products that improve health outcomes.

• Design and develop cloud‑scalable services in a containerized and CI/CD environment
• Apply professional software engineering best practices across the software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and operations
• Collaborate in solving complex data, feature, service and platform issues and perform root‑cause analysis to proactively resolve product and operational challenges
• Partner with business and product management counterparts to define and prioritize opportunities to improve value creation and align on shared KPIs to measure success
• Implement circuit breakers and service discovery patterns for microservices, ensuring that patterns are stringently followed for every integration inbound to/outbound from microservices
• Design and implement real‑time streaming of data from No‑SQL/SQL databases to analytics
• Work with business users, project managers and other engineers to achieve elegant solutions that reduce cost, expenses and time to market
• Provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements in existing systems and platforms
• Assist in risk assessment, tech audits and mitigation activities

• 7+ years of software development in enterprise/web/cloud applications
• 5+ years of experience with Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, reactive programming, caching strategies, Kubernetes or Kafka
• 3+ years of experience with cloud computing technologies such as AWS, GCP, Azure or similar public cloud environments

• Experience architecting, designing, delivering and operationalizing scalable microservices‑based web/web‑services applications in cloud‑native environments
• Experience with build automation technologies like Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, Harness, GHA
• Expert knowledge with functional, imperative and object‑oriented languages and methodologies
• Experience with Cassandra and Postgres
• Experience with test‑driven development and automated testing frameworks
• Experience in performance tuning and code optimization
• Individually motivated to see the big picture and prioritize work to make the largest impact on the business and customers’ vision and requirements
• Analytical thinking – able to simplify complex problems, processes or projects into component parts and evaluate them systematically
• Hands‑on experience with AI‑driven code generation tools such as Git Hub Copilot, Claude, or similar platforms

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

The typical pay range for this role is: $ – $. 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 and also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.

Full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families, including medical, dental, vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs and other resources.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

The application window for this opening will close on 06/14/2026.