Staff Software Development Engineer - Remote Eligible

Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer (Tech Lead)

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 Full-Stack Software Engineer (Tech Lead) is a senior individual contributor and hands-on technical leader responsible for building, architecting, and optimizing Caremark's next-generation digital experiences across web, mobile, and API layers. This role sets the technical direction for full-stack engineering teams, architects scalable and secure solutions, and ensures exceptional user experiences for millions of members, clients, and pharmacies. The Staff Engineer is a multiplier — elevating the engineering bar, mentoring teams, and driving the delivery of high-impact capabilities. You will work across the full stack — React/React Native, Node/Java/Python/Go, GraphQL, microservices, cloud infrastructure (Azure/GCP), CI/CD pipelines, and observability — to deliver high-performance, reliable, and accessible digital products.

Key Responsibilities

• Full-Stack Technical Leadership
• Hands-on Engineering Excellence
• API, Microservices & Cloud Architecture
• Ownership & Delivery Leadership
• Influence & Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Mentorship & Engineering Culture

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of full-stack software engineering experience delivering large-scale digital products.
• Expert-level proficiency in:
• Frontend: React, React Native, TypeScript, JavaScript
• Backend: Java, Go, NodeJS, Python
• APIs: REST, GraphQL, gRPC
• Cloud: Azure, GCP, or AWS with Kubernetes/Docker
• Strong understanding of UX, accessibility (WCAG), responsive design, and performance optimization.
• Experience building resilient distributed systems and event-driven architectures (Kafka).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, automated testing, GitOps, and observability tooling.
• Strong architecture skills and familiarity with DDD, microservices, and modular monolith patterns.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building design systems, reusable UI frameworks, or component libraries.
• Experience integrating AI features (chatbots, personalization, translation).
• Experience with secure coding, OAuth2/OIDC, and API gateway patterns.
• Background in healthcare, PBM, fintech, or other regulated environments.

The typical pay range for this role is:

$130,295.00 - $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.

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 our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.
• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

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