Staff Software Development Engineer – iOS
About The Position
CVS Health Digital is seeking a hands-on, innovative Staff Software Development Engineer – iOS to join its growing digital engineering organization. The role drives the design, architecture, and delivery of scalable iOS solutions that enhance customer health and wellness experiences. The engineer collaborates with cross-functional enterprise teams, provides technical leadership, and applies deep expertise in iOS development and Apple Health technologies to deliver secure, high-quality, customer-centric digital products. The position includes designing and delivering high-performance native iOS applications, contributing to architecture and solution design, assessing technical feasibility and maintainability, and promoting engineering quality. A central focus is designing and maintaining Apple HealthKit integrations for secure health-data collection, synchronization, and management. The role also supports modern mobile engineering practices, complex feature delivery, existing capability modernization, knowledge sharing, and mentoring junior engineers.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience across the software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, and support.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience developing and implementing native iOS applications and frameworks.
- 4+ years of experience with mobile application testing methodologies, tools, and processes.
- 4+ years of proficiency in Swift development.
- At least 1 year of experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude or similar platforms to enhance engineering productivity.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (high school diploma plus 4 years of relevant experience).
Nice To Haves
- Strong experience with DevOps and CI/CD platforms, including CircleCI, TeamCity, SonarQube, and related tools.
- Hands-on expertise with Apple HealthKit, Health Records, Workout APIs, and Apple Watch integrations.
- Experience implementing HealthKit authorization workflows, background delivery, anchored queries, and health-data synchronization solutions.
- Strong experience with unit and UI testing frameworks such as XCTest.
- Experience in test automation across mobile applications, APIs, and databases.
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring platforms such as Datadog, AppDynamics, and similar tools.
- Working knowledge of SwiftUI and modern iOS application architecture patterns.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deliver scalable, high-performance native iOS applications aligned with business objectives and enterprise standards.
- Contribute to architecture and solution-design initiatives, providing technical leadership and strategic guidance throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Evaluate technical feasibility, scalability, performance, and maintainability of solutions.
- Conduct code reviews and promote engineering excellence through coding standards, best practices, and quality frameworks.
- Partner with engineers, product managers, architects, and stakeholders to align technical solutions with business priorities.
- Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of Apple HealthKit integrations for secure collection, synchronization, and management of health and wellness data.
- Develop HealthKit capabilities, including authorization management, background delivery, anchored synchronization, data queries, and health-data processing while meeting privacy and security requirements.
- Build and optimize solutions for health metrics including activity, steps, heart rate, blood pressure, sleep, ECG/EKG, oxygen saturation, and other HealthKit-supported data types.
- Champion modern mobile engineering practices, emerging technologies, automation, and development tools to improve quality, efficiency, and developer productivity.
- Foster continuous learning through knowledge-sharing sessions, technical discussions, code reviews, and mentoring.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver complex features, modernize existing capabilities, and execute projects successfully.
- Mentor and guide junior engineers in their technical growth and professional development.
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Paid time off
- Retirement savings options
- Wellness programs
- Other resources based on eligibility
- CVS Health bonus, commission, or short-term incentive program eligibility
- Company equity award program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
