Senior Software Development Engineer

CVS Health•Work At Home-Illinois, IL

2d•$83,430 - $222,480

About The Position

CVS Health Digital is looking for hands-on, passionate people who want to join a high energy and growing team to make a difference in customers’ lives and who want to be on the forefront of digital innovation that aims to reinvent what a pharmacy and a health care company can be in the digital world. Currently, we are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer with deep expertise in Java/JEE, Spring Boot, RESTful microservices, and Kafka to lead the design and development of scalable, secure cloud-native solutions. This role requires hands-on experience with Data Migration, ETL pipelines, and data management best practices, ideally in a Healthcare/EHR integration context. The ideal candidate brings strong engineering rigor, leadership presence, architectural insight, and a modern SecDevOps mindset. Experience with GCP and healthcare data standards (HL7, FHIR) is highly preferred.

Requirements

5+ years of professional software engineering experience
5+ years with developing applications within Java/JEE, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, RESTful microservices
3+ years of Apache Kafka (event streaming, partitions, consumer groups, schema registry)
3+ years CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, automated testing
3+ years Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud orchestration
2+ years of hands-on experience with Cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure)
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

Nice To Haves

Experience with FHIR, HL7 v2, and EHR integrations (Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH, etc.)
Experience with GCP (GKE/Cloud Run, Cloud Build, IAM, logging/monitoring)
Experience in large-scale system modernization or data platform migration
Solid knowledge of Data Migration, ETL concepts, and data lifecycle management
Strong understanding of security best practices (OAuth 2.0/OIDC, TLS, secrets mgmt, scanning)
Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and mentor junior developers
Experience with Spring Batch, Dataflow, or cloud-native ETL tools
Knowledge of SQL/NoSQL, schema design, indexing, performance tuning, migrations
Knowledge of HIPAA, HITRUST, or regulated healthcare data environments

Responsibilities

Architect, design, and develop high-performance microservices using Java, JEE, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud
Lead development of event-driven services using Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, streaming patterns, schema evolution)
Own API strategy for RESTful services, ensuring consistent JSON modeling, backward-compatible versioning, and strong API governance
Mentor team members and contribute to engineering standards, design reviews, and coding best practices
Design and implement ETL pipelines for structured/unstructured data using tools such as Python-based pipelines, Spring Batch, or cloud-native ETL frameworks
Lead data migration efforts for legacy-to-cloud or system-to-system transitions (incremental loads, bulk loads, validation, reconciliation)
Establish data quality, profiling, and governance practices
Work with clinical data formats, mapping, transformations, and normalization (FHIR resources, HL7 v2 segments, CCD/C-CDA documents)
Build and maintain CI/CD automation (unit tests, integration tests, SAST/DAST, artifact provenance, policy gates)
Deploy and operate services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Build, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, IAM, Secret Manager, etc
Drive SecDevOps practices: threat modeling, secure coding, dependency scanning, secrets management, container hardening
Implement observability frameworks (OpenTelemetry, tracing, dashboards, alerts, SLOs)
Integrate microservices with EHR systems using HL7 v2, FHIR, SMART on FHIR, and standard healthcare APIs.
Support workflows across patient data exchange, interoperability, and HIPAA-aligned data flows.
Collaborate with compliance and security teams to implement regulatory safeguards.