Senior Engineering Manager

CVS Health•Hartford, CT

4d•$130,295 - $260,590

About The Position

CVS Health’s Aetna Digital organization is seeking a highly technical, people-focused Senior Engineering Manager to lead multiple teams building and operating backend services and APIs that power core digital health experiences. The role manages approximately 10–12 software engineers and is responsible for delivering scalable, secure, resilient platform capabilities that support millions of member interactions. The manager combines deep engineering expertise with strong people leadership to drive technical excellence and foster a high-performing, engaged engineering culture. Working within Aetna Digital’s product operating model, the position partners with Product Management, Architecture, Experience teams, Security, and Enterprise stakeholders to define and execute technology roadmaps that deliver business and customer value. The role also champions emerging AI capabilities to improve member-facing experiences and engineering productivity. The manager leads engineering teams and develops talent; provides technical direction for cloud-native backend services and APIs; establishes engineering standards and architecture principles; supports product delivery and stakeholder alignment; improves DevOps, SRE, reliability, security, and operational practices; and advances AI-enabled engineering and digital experience capabilities.

Requirements

7 or more years of software engineering experience building enterprise-grade applications and services.
3 or more years of engineering management experience leading software development teams.
3 or more years of experience with Node.js, Java, or Spring Boot.
3 or more years of experience designing, building, and operating cloud-native applications in AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (high school diploma plus 4 years of relevant experience).

Nice To Haves

Experience leading backend engineering teams responsible for APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
Demonstrated success delivering large-scale technology initiatives in partnership with Product and business stakeholders.
Experience driving engineering excellence initiatives, including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, reliability, and operational maturity.
Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience building high-performing teams through coaching, hiring, mentoring, and performance management.
Experience with API gateway platforms, service mesh technologies, and modern integration frameworks.
Expertise in microservices architecture, containerization, Kubernetes, and cloud platform services.
Experience managing production support models, incident response processes, and on-call organizations.
Experience leveraging Generative AI, AI-assisted coding platforms, agentic workflows, or AI-powered developer tools within software engineering organizations.
Experience partnering with architecture organizations to define enterprise standards and technology strategies.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop a team of approximately 10–12 software engineers, fostering accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Build engineering excellence through mentorship, technical coaching, regular feedback, and career development planning.
Drive workforce planning, hiring, succession planning, performance management, and organizational growth initiatives.
Foster an inclusive and engaging team culture that attracts and retains engineering talent.
Provide technical leadership for the design, development, deployment, and operation of cloud-native backend services and APIs.
Establish and enforce API design standards, engineering best practices, architecture principles, and operational excellence frameworks.
Partner with architects and senior engineers to define scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable solutions aligned with enterprise technology strategy.
Lead architectural reviews and technical decision-making to ensure performance, reliability, compliance, and security requirements are met.
Drive modernization initiatives that reduce technical debt and improve platform scalability, maintainability, and developer velocity.
Partner with Product Managers and business stakeholders to translate product vision into engineering roadmaps and delivery plans.
Ensure predictable delivery through planning, prioritization, dependency management, and risk mitigation.
Communicate technical strategies, tradeoffs, progress, and business impacts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Build relationships across Product, Architecture, Security, Enterprise Technology, and Operations teams to support alignment and execution.
Continuously improve engineering practices related to CI/CD, automated testing, code quality, observability, reliability, security, and platform performance.
Promote DevOps and SRE practices, including monitoring, incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
Ensure systems meet standards for availability, scalability, compliance, and operational resilience.
Use metrics and engineering KPIs to improve delivery effectiveness, software quality, and customer outcomes.
Champion AI-enabled engineering practices that improve developer productivity, software quality, operational efficiency, and delivery speed.
Identify opportunities to incorporate AI-powered capabilities into digital experiences to improve member engagement and personalization.
Monitor emerging technologies, platforms, and industry trends and bring forward ideas that advance Aetna Digital’s technology roadmap.