Senior Software Development Engineer

CVS Health•Work At Home-Texas, TX

4d•$92,700 - $185,400

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. About The Role At CVS, we're building out the API Platform to enable teams across CVS Digital to quickly and easily deliver experiences into the hands of our customers, all at the scale of a Fortune 6 company! The API Platform will be leveraged by hundreds of engineers across CVS Health building sites used by millions of customers. As a Senior Software Engineer for the API Platform, you'll be a key hands-on contributor, designing, building, and maintaining core platform capabilities. You'll work closely with Staff Engineers and engineering leaders to turn the platform's technical vision into reliable, well-crafted software, while helping partner teams across CVS Health adopt and succeed with the platform. We need an experienced engineer who can take ownership of complex features from design through production, work through ambiguity with support from technical leaders, and raise the bar for quality on the team. This is a great opportunity to grow your technical impact on a platform that is being shaped from the ground up.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in web development
Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript
Experience with modern front-end frameworks (React and Next.js preferred)
Experience with Java and Spring Boot
Experience owning features or components from design through production
Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to teammates and partners
Experience mentoring or supporting the growth of other engineers
Experience working on production systems with real-world scale and reliability needs

Nice To Haves

2+ years of experience in API development
Experience with front-end architecture and design systems
Experience building developer tools, libraries, or platforms
Knowledge of modern web performance optimization techniques
Experience with Node.js and server-side JavaScript
Understanding of API design and GraphQL
Experience with DevOps tools, processes, and culture
Experience contributing to inclusive engineering practices

Responsibilities

Own the design and implementation of significant platform features and services
Contribute to architectural discussions and help evaluate trade-offs between short-term needs and long-term maintainability
Follow and help refine the technical standards and best practices used by the team
Proactively identify risks, bugs, and areas for improvement within your areas of ownership
Write high-quality, well-tested, maintainable code as a core part of your role
Review code thoughtfully, with attention to correctness, performance, and readability
Participate in on-call rotations, debugging, and resolving production issues
Identify and address technical debt within the systems you work on
Mentor less experienced engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance
Share knowledge with teammates and help onboard new engineers
Participate in interviewing and hiring
Partner with engineers on other teams to understand their needs and help them integrate with the API Platform
Communicate clearly about progress, blockers, and technical decisions
Write and maintain documentation so knowledge is shared rather than siloed
Contribute constructively to technical discussions and help the team reach decisions
Stay current with industry trends and bring useful ideas to the team
Contribute to proof-of-concepts for new technologies and approaches
Evaluate tools and techniques based on their practical fit for our platform