Staff Software Development 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. 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 Staff Software Development Engineer with deep, hands‑on experience building and operating backend, platform, and integration services at scale. In this role, you will design and deliver highly available, secure, and compliant microservices that power healthcare data exchange and platform capabilities. This Staff Engineer will be strong in Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and event‑driven systems, comfortable operating in cloud‑native environments, and experienced working in regulated domains. Additionally, the Staff Software Development Engineer will partner closely with product, architecture, security, and DevOps teams to deliver reliable services that integrate with healthcare ecosystems and third‑party platforms. Design, develop, and maintain backend microservices using Java/JEE and Spring Boot, exposing RESTful APIs that are secure, performant, and resilient Model and exchange data using JSON; Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines including unit/integration testing, static analysis, artifact promotion, and progressive delivery Partner with Security and DevOps teams to integrate automated security controls (SAST, DAST, dependency & image scanning, secrets management) Deploy and operate services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using cloud‑native patterns (GKE or Cloud Run, IAM, managed data services) Apply 12‑factor app principles, infrastructure‑as‑code, and configuration management best practices Integrate backend services with EHR systems and healthcare data standards such as HL7 v2, FHIR, SMART on FHIR, CCD/C‑CDA, or similar regulated data exchange formats Ensure compliance with HIPAA, data governance, and platform security requirements, including encryption in transit and at rest Own production readiness: availability, latency, throughput, and cost efficiency for high‑volume backend services perform root cause analysis and drive long‑term reliability improvements (SLIs/SLOs, error budgets) Implement observability (structured logging, metrics, tracing) to support proactive monitoring and incident response 7+ years of professional software development experience with Java/JEE and Spring Boot

• 5+ years building RESTful microservices and distributed systems, along with a strong understanding of REST API design, JSON data modeling, and OpenAPI/Swagger documentation
• 5+ year of practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and containerized workloads (Docker; 3+ years operating production services in cloud environments, preferably GCP
• 3+ years of experience with Kafka or similar event-streaming platforms
• Strong debugging, performance profiling, and operational troubleshooting skills.

Experience in healthcare, regulated systems, or large‑scale data integration platforms Cloud certification preferred (GCP Professional DevOps Engineer, AWS DevOps Engineer, or equivalent) Familiarity with Spanner, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, or similar managed data services Observability, Monitoring, Alerting Systems familiarity(Grafana, Splunk) Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience) 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. 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. 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. The typical pay range for this role is: $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. 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 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. 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: 11/27/2026 Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.