Senior Software Engineer

CVS Health

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 As Senior Software Engineer, you will use your experience to build resilient and scalable APIs for our Aetna Health customers using the latest cloud technologies and development methodologies. As part of the Aetna Health Digital Enterprise, you will be part of a team responsible of API creation from discovery through design and development and its production maintenance. You will also maintain a user centric and business-as-priority approach in design perspective and practice. In this position you will partner and collaborate with the Engineering manager, Architects, Quality assurance, Business partners, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, and Project managers to effectively translate the business requirements into a solution and engineering components. You will also work closely with Product Management, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Architecture to delivery highly reliable and performant products that drive business value. You will collaborate across a cross-functional development team and stakeholders to make high-level architectural decisions, propose design patterns, and ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability of digital solutions. You will also be involved throughout the entire development life cycle of a product and must be able to deliver an efficient solution, as well as identify and properly mitigate any risks to the product before deployment to production. You will write code, develop software components, and implement complex functionalities according to product requirements. Leverage advanced programming skills to design and implement complex features, optimize performance, and ensure code efficiency. Integrate various software components or systems, ensuring seamless communication and interoperability between different parts of the digital solution. Write and execute comprehensive test cases, conduct code reviews, perform debugging, and troubleshoot issues to ensure the reliability, stability, and high quality of digital solutions. Participate in SAFe agile or other development methodologies, attend meetings, contribute to project planning, and help drive the progress and success of digital projects. Explore new tools, frameworks, and techniques to improve digital solutions and drive innovation within the development team. Create and maintain technical documentation, including system designs, architecture diagrams, code documentation, and other relevant documentation while sharing their knowledge and expertise with team members, ensuring effective knowledge transfer and collaboration.

Requirements

5+ years of professional software development experience.
3+ years of NodeJS development with TypeScript or Javascript
3+ years of Cloud Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2+ years of experience with domain driven design (DDD) and microservice architectures
2+ years of experience designing architectural solutions based off product requirements and considerations for both server and client needs
2+ years of experience with monitoring and observability and building scalable services
2+ years of experience implementing various database solutions (SQL/NoSQL DB)
Excellent verbal, written communication, and collaboration skills
Experience creating solid documentation to capture solutions for implementation and historical reference
Adept at execution and delivery (planning, delivering, and supporting) skills
Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

Nice To Haves

Experience developing GraphQL APIs
Experience with queues, websockets, malware scanners, messaging & chat architectures, and form submissions
Experience with building AI solutions & tracking model and feature performance, used to derive next steps in a feature’s lifecycle or opportunities for optimization
Understanding of common security vulnerabilities, to industry standards, and experience anticipating and addressing security concerns in solutions and code

Responsibilities

Build resilient and scalable APIs for Aetna Health customers using the latest cloud technologies and development methodologies.
Be responsible for API creation from discovery through design and development and its production maintenance.
Maintain a user-centric and business-as-priority approach in design perspective and practice.
Partner and collaborate with Engineering manager, Architects, Quality assurance, Business partners, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, and Project managers to effectively translate business requirements into solutions and engineering components.
Work closely with Product Management, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Architecture to deliver highly reliable and performant products that drive business value.
Collaborate across a cross-functional development team and stakeholders to make high-level architectural decisions, propose design patterns, and ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability of digital solutions.
Be involved throughout the entire development life cycle of a product, delivering efficient solutions, and identifying and mitigating risks before deployment.
Write code, develop software components, and implement complex functionalities according to product requirements.
Leverage advanced programming skills to design and implement complex features, optimize performance, and ensure code efficiency.
Integrate various software components or systems, ensuring seamless communication and interoperability.
Write and execute comprehensive test cases, conduct code reviews, perform debugging, and troubleshoot issues.
Participate in SAFe agile or other development methodologies, attend meetings, contribute to project planning, and help drive project progress and success.
Explore new tools, frameworks, and techniques to improve digital solutions and drive innovation.
Create and maintain technical documentation, including system designs, architecture diagrams, and code documentation.
Share knowledge and expertise with team members, ensuring effective knowledge transfer and collaboration.