Staff Software Development Engineer - Frontend

Staff Software Engineer

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.

We are seeking a highly skilled frontend-focused Staff Software 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 part of the team, you will play a crucial role in designing and developing user interfaces that enhance the experience related to the patient and drug domains. You will work closely with backend and design teams to create responsive, scalable, and maintainable frontend applications using modern frameworks like React. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in frontend development, system design, and a deep understanding of user-centric design principles.

Expectations of the Role

• Architect and develop advanced web applications using React, JavaScript, and TypeScript
• Establish and enforce frontend best practices, including performance optimization and maintainability
• Lead initiatives around frontend security concepts, ensuring robust protection against common vulnerabilities
• Design and implement comprehensive testing strategies and evaluate testing frameworks
• Collaborate on CI/CD processes, ensuring seamless integration and deployment
• Guide the adoption of tools like JxBrowser or similar for hybrid web applications
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to the frontend engineering team

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of frontend development experience with React, JavaScript, and TypeScript
• 7+ years of proven experience driving frontend best practices in a large-scale environment
• 3+ years of experience designing and implementing testing frameworks/strategies (e.g., Jest, Cypress, Playwright, etc.)
• 3+ years working with CI/CD pipelines and workflows

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of frontend security concepts (e.g., XSS prevention, secure cookies, CORS)
• Experience with JxBrowser or similar tools for hybrid web applications
• Strong knowledge of accessibility standards and responsive design
• Strong understanding of microservice best practices and distributed systems

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:

$118,450.00 - $260,590.00

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.

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: 08/28/2026

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