Sr Software Development Engineer

Sr Software Development Engineer

At CVS Health, we're building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care. As a Sr Software Development Engineer, you will play a crucial role within a collaborative team, focusing on the design, delivery, and operation of vital distributed systems. We are seeking passionate and positive individuals with strong technical skills and a drive to create and maintain innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain business-critical, enterprise-grade systems using modern technology and techniques.
• Ensure cross-team collaboration with other Software Engineers, Business Analysts, and Architects in the planning, design, development, testing, and maintenance of web- and desktop-based business applications.
• Continuously learn and integrate the latest AI advancements into daily tasks.
• Deliver incremental value through continuous code releases.
• Drive long-term improvements focusing on simplicity and maintainability.
• Collaborate with others to develop solutions that meet cross-organization needs.
• Translate business requirements into scalable and effective technical solutions.
• Develop technical documents to accurately represent application design and code.
• Proactively monitor application health/metrics, and assist with production issue triage.
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
• Ensure the security and privacy of protected health information.
• Continually refine yourself and others through learning and mentorship.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ or more years of experience in Software Development working with a mix of front and back end technologies in a product-oriented, cross-functional engineering team.
• Strong foundation in software engineering: problem solving, data structures, algorithms, patterns, concurrency.
• Hands on experience with a number of programming languages including but not limited to: C#, .NET, Java, and frontend frameworks such as Angular or React.
• Experience using full-stack development to ship and operate large-scale systems.
• Strong SQL skills and understanding of RDBMS such as SQL Server or PostgreSQL.
• A strong understanding of Microservice architecture.
• Experience with distributed systems design, implementation, and operation at scale.
• Strong experience with version control (Git).
• Experience with Continuous Integration Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
• Clear and effective communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors of Science in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent work experience.
• Strong experience with the following technologies: C#, kafka, API contracts, docker, kubernetes, infrastructure as code, terraform.
• Software development experience using React with Typescript.
• Strong experience with MS SQL Server, Postgres, or equivalent relational databases.
• Experience with an Application and Performance Monitoring platform. Ex: New Relic.
• Familiarity with cloud vendors: Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with TDD and testing frameworks.
• Experience doing Agile spikes on new ideas, and once decisions are made helping to carry out the implementation.
• Strong understanding of architecture principles, object-oriented design principles, and database design and implementation.

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is: $83,430.00 - $222,480.00. 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.

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.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on 12/12/2025. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. 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.