Senior Software Development Engineer

CVS Health • Woonsocket, RI

5d

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. POSITION SUMMARY 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 highly skilled backend-focused Senior Software Development Engineer to join our modernization team focused on transforming the legacy CVS pharmacy systems into a cutting-edge, cloud-native platform hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). As a Senior Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing and developing microservices that drive the modernization of colleague, facility and patient care domains. Additionally, this Engineer will work on integrating cloud-native solutions, enhancing performance, and ensuring seamless operation within a highly scalable and secure environment. The development of these programs will help build our Next Generation Pharmacy Platform to ensure the delivery of use cases into products focusing on helping people live healthier lives and give you the opportunity to work on applications and products that are on the forefront of technology. Expectations for the Role Collaborates with other members of the development team and stakeholders to make high-level architectural decisions, proposes design patterns, and ensures scalability, performance, and maintainability of digital solutions Develop and maintain backend microservices using Java and Spring Boot Build and integrate APIs (GraphQL and/or REST) for scalable service communication Deploy and manage services on Azure or Google Cloud Platform Work with Google Cloud Spanner (Postgres dialect) and pub/sub tools like Confluent Kafka (or similar) Automate CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Argo CD Participates in agile or other development methodologies, attends meetings, contributes to project planning, and helps drive the progress and success of projects Support and Troubleshoot production incidents with a sense of urgency by understanding customer impact

Requirements

• 5+ years of overall software development experience
• 5+ years of backend development experience with Java and Spring Boot
• 2+ years working with APIs (GraphQL and/or REST) in microservices architectures
• 2+ years hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure
• 2+ years working with pub/sub tools like Kafka or similar
• 2+ years’ experience with databases (Postgres or similar)
• 2+ years’ experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD, or similar)
• 1+ years’ experience with AI tools Copilot, Windsurf, Cursor or similar

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts; experience deploying services on GKE is a plus
• Strong understanding of microservice best practices and distributed systems
• Experience developing in Python
• Experience working in Retail and or E-Commerce domain

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with other members of the development team and stakeholders to make high-level architectural decisions, proposes design patterns, and ensures scalability, performance, and maintainability of digital solutions
• Develop and maintain backend microservices using Java and Spring Boot
• Build and integrate APIs (GraphQL and/or REST) for scalable service communication
• Deploy and manage services on Azure or Google Cloud Platform
• Work with Google Cloud Spanner (Postgres dialect) and pub/sub tools like Confluent Kafka (or similar)
• Automate CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Argo CD
• Participates in agile or other development methodologies, attends meetings, contributes to project planning, and helps drive the progress and success of projects
• Support and Troubleshoot production incidents with a sense of urgency by understanding customer impact

Benefits

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.
• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees