Senior Manager, Application Development; Java, APIs, Microservices, AWS, AI

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.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Manager, Application Development to lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise-scale applications, APIs, integrations, and AI-enabled solutions supporting key business capabilities. This role will be responsible for managing high-performing engineering teams while driving modernization initiatives across cloud-native platforms, microservices architectures, and AI-powered solutions.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in AWS cloud technologies, API and integration delivery, microservices architecture, AI-assisted software development, and healthcare technology platforms
. This leader will oversee end-to-end solution delivery, provide technical direction to engineering teams, and partner closely with business, architecture, product, and operations stakeholders to build scalable, secure, and innovative solutions.

This role requires a balance of people leadership, technical leadership, strategic planning, and execution excellence to deliver transformational capabilities that improve customer experiences, operational efficiency, and business outcomes.

• Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering teams focused on application development, APIs, integrations, and cloud solutions.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.
• Drive workforce planning, talent development, performance management, and succession planning.

• Own end-to-end delivery of enterprise applications, APIs, integrations, and modernization initiatives.
• Partner with business, product, architecture, and operations teams to deliver solutions aligned with strategic objectives.
• Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, dependencies, and quality outcomes.

• Lead development of cloud-native applications on AWS using modern architecture patterns.
• Drive adoption of microservices, event-driven architecture, reusable services, and API-first design principles.
• Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for scalability, security, availability, and performance.

• Oversee the design, development, and governance of enterprise APIs and integration platforms.
• Establish standards for API lifecycle management, security, documentation, and reuse.
• Deliver scalable integrations across internal, external, and third-party systems.

• Drive adoption of AI-assisted software development tools such as Claude Code, Git Hub Copilot, Cursor AI, Amazon Q, and similar technologies.
• Lead development of AI-powered applications, AI agents, and intelligent workflow automation solutions.
• Promote responsible AI practices, governance, and security within engineering teams.

• Oversee application data architecture leveraging both SQL and No
  
  SQL technologies.
• Ensure effective implementation of data integration, analytics, and event-driven solutions.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture teams to define technology roadmaps and modernization strategies.

• Champion Agile, Dev Ops, Dev Sec Ops , CI/CD, quality engineering, and observability practices.
• Drive continuous improvement in…