Staff Software Engineer - Developer Experience Automation

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.

The Staff Software Development Engineer is a key technical leader within the Developer Experience (DevEx) space, accountable for the development, operations and support of web-based tooling and platforms that empower CVS Health engineers. This role partners closely with DevEx technical leaders and senior enterprise stakeholders to ensure investments align with CVS Health's strategic goals. The Staff Engineer defines the technical vision, architecture and execution for an AI-assisted, least-privilege access platform, operating at a systems level to translate access governance objectives into scalable, secure and developer-centric solutions.

What we expect of you:

• Technical Architecture & Design
• Own the end-to-end architecture of the AI-assisted access model, ensuring it is scalable, explainable and auditable.
• Partner with data and security teams to validate signal quality and model outcomes.
• Platform Engineering & Integration
• Establish clear APIs and automation workflows.
• Ensure the platform supports continuous access evaluation and lifecycle management.
• Security, Governance & Compliance
• Embed auditability, explainability and policy enforcement into the platform by design.
• Collaborate with security, risk and compliance stakeholders to ensure governance requirements are met without sacrificing developer velocity.
• Technical Leadership & Influence
• Function as a technical authority and mentor for junior engineers.
• Drive engineering best practices, design reviews and architectural standards.
• Influence cross-team alignment across security, identity, platform and developer experience organizations.

Required qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in large-scale software development, including 2+ years of experience in a technical lead role.
• 7+ years of experience with developing applications/web services and cloud-native apps using technologies like Java and React, Angular, Spring Boot, REST API, JPA, messaging and other tech stacks (open-source and proprietary).
• 5+ years of experience with agile development practices.
• 2+ years of experience with developing Agentic AI applications using foundational LLMs in Python.
• 2+ years of experience with relational database using technologies like PostgreSQL.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5+ years of designing and developing highly scalable Microservices, Webservices, and Rest API's.
• 5+ years of designing and developing in a Test-Driven Development environment.
• 3+ years of experience with build and deploying services in CI/CD with using tools like Jenkins, CircleCI.
• 3+ years of experience with source management tools like GitHub, GitLab.
• 3+ years of experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).
• 3+ years of experience working in cloud platforms like Azure, GCP, AWS, etc.
• Experience in Accessibility (A11y) and web performance and stability best practices.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree from accredited university or equivalent work 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.

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.