Senior Java Software Engineer

CVS Health•Hartford, ID

1d•Remote

About The Position

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. As a Senior Java Software Development Engineer, you will play a crucial role within a collaborative team and will design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs while also ensuring that releases are well-coordinated, fully prepared, and successfully deployed to production. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise in modern backend development, excellent problem-solving skills, and a proactive approach to production monitoring, issue triage, and cross-team coordination. This position is critical in maintaining high engineering standards, ensuring smooth release cycles, and driving operational excellence across the development lifecycle.

Requirements

7+ years of end-to-end software engineering experience across the full SDLC, with strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and concurrency.
5+ years of experience with Java and Spring Boot, including REST API development, testing (JUnit), and engineering best practices.
3+ years of hands-on experience with a major cloud platform (GCP, AWS, or Azure), with a preference for GCP and experience using services such as Cloud Storage, Cloud Composer, Dataflow, and IAM.
3+ years building and maintaining scalable backend systems, microservices, RESTful APIs, and ETL/data quality pipelines.
2+ years of experience with Kubernetes and related tooling (GKE, Apigee, Airflow).
2+ years working with relational and non-relational databases (PostgreSQL/SQL, MongoDB).
2+ years of experience with CI/CD, DevOps tooling, and automated testing, including OAuth2/JWT-based authentication.
1+ year of experience supporting production deployments, release coordination, observability, and post-release validation.
Strong communication skills, ability to lead technical discussions, collaborate cross-functionally, and mentor junior engineers.

Nice To Haves

Experience with application performance monitoring and observability platforms.
Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
Knowledge of message queues and event-driven architectures (e.g., Pub/Sub, Kafka).
Experience with SRE or DevOps practices, including incident response and root-cause analysis.
Familiarity with Apigee and Python.
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and sprint planning best practices.
Healthcare domain experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs.
Ensure releases are well-coordinated, fully prepared, and successfully deployed to production.
Proactive approach to production monitoring, issue triage, and cross-team coordination.
Maintain high engineering standards.
Ensure smooth release cycles.
Drive operational excellence across the development lifecycle.