Principal Backend Development Engineer

$144,200 - $288,400/Yr

CVS Health - Scottsdale, AZ

Full-time - Senior

Scottsdale, AZ

Health and Personal Care Retailers

About the position

The Principal Backend Development Engineer at CVS Health is a lead technical role responsible for developing and executing the Enterprise Solution Strategy within the High Visibility Enterprise Digital teams. This position involves creating a cohesive Technical Roadmap, developing Digital Enterprise Initiatives, and providing expert support to resolve complex issues. The role emphasizes collaboration with engineers and business leaders to enhance digital assets and improve overall performance in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Enterprise Solution Strategy for Digital Enterprise Initiatives.
• Compile and research technologies into a cohesive Technical Roadmap.
• Create Proof of Concepts to improve projects addressing customer challenges.
• Drive delivery excellence and partner with business and IT leaders.
• Provide expert-level support to resolve complex issues and conduct root cause analysis.
• Identify gaps in systems and provide solutions to enhance performance.
• Act as a technical owner across strategic efforts involving Cloud and backend solutions.
• Promote reusability of APIs and maintain engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with technical leaders and contribute to product strategy and roadmap definition.
• Encourage a culture of innovation and technical excellence within the team.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on IT experience in systems analysis, application design, and development.
• 5+ years of experience in building or leading large-scale applications.
• 3+ years of experience with enterprise cloud initiatives and solutions, specifically in GCP/AWS.
• 3+ years of experience in managing stakeholder requirements and technical solutions.
• 3+ years of experience designing and developing modern microservices and APIs.
• 2+ years of experience with Kafka or open-source distributions.
• 5+ years of development experience in Java, Spring Boot, and some knowledge of JavaScript, AngularJS, and NodeJS.
• 5+ years of experience with Agile software development.
• 2+ years of experience with DevOps tools such as Kubernetes, Argo, GIT, Jenkins, Maven, JUnit, Docker, and JMeter.
• 2+ years of experience working on CI/CD Pipeline automation.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with distributed teams across multiple time zones.
• Health and wellness domain experience.
• Hands-on experience in full stack development when needed.
• Ability to influence and inspire teams to align technical direction.
• Experience contributing to open-source technology or developing patents.
• Ability to learn and work with emerging technologies in the Cloud/IT space.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Fully-paid term life insurance plan.
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits.
• Well-being programs and education assistance.
• Free development courses.
• CVS store discount and discount programs with partners.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays.