Staff Software Development Engineer - iOS

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 and innovative Staff Software Development Engineer – iOS to join our growing digital engineering organization. This Staff Engineering role offers the opportunity to drive the design, architecture, and delivery of scalable iOS solutions that enhance customer health and wellness experiences. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional enterprise teams, provide technical leadership, and leverage deep expertise in iOS development and Apple Health technologies to deliver secure, high-quality, and customer-centric digital products.

Expectations for the Role

• Design, develop, and deliver scalable, high-performance native iOS applications that align 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 to ensure optimal solution outcomes
• Conduct code reviews and promote engineering excellence through adherence to coding standards, best practices, and quality frameworks
• Partner closely with engineers, product managers, architects, and stakeholders to align technical solutions with business priorities
• Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of integrations with Apple HealthKit, enabling 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 ensuring compliance with privacy and security requirements
• Build and optimize solutions supporting key health metrics such as 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 a culture of continuous learning through knowledge-sharing sessions, technical discussions, code reviews, and mentoring activities
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver complex features, modernize existing capabilities, and ensure successful project execution
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, supporting their technical growth and professional development

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 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 leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as Claude or similar platforms to enhance engineering productivity

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 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
• Proven 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

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Bring your heart to CVS Health Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable. We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day. CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$106,605.00 - $284,280.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments .

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 11/13/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.