Hybrid Staff Software Development Engineer

at CVS Health

• Job title: Staff Software Development Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $106,605 - $284,280 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Distributed Systems, Google Cloud Platform, GraphQL, Java, JavaScript, Kafka, Kubernetes, Microservices, Node.js, Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Scottsdale, United States

About the role

• Staff Software Development Engineer at CVS Health focused on backend engineering for enterprise AI platforms. Collaborating with teams to improve healthcare outcomes and operational efficiency through technology.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver enterprise AI platform capabilities including workflow orchestration engines, multi-provider LLM integration, and automated deployment pipelines that enable healthcare teams to build and deploy AI applications at scale
• Design multi-tenant infrastructure with automated provisioning, namespace isolation, and role-based access control to support secure, per-team dedicated environments across the platform
• Build backend services and APIs for workflow authoring, execution orchestration, and platform observability using cloud-native patterns on Kubernetes infrastructure
• Implement production observability and reliability practices including distributed tracing, performance monitoring, and incident response for platform health and cost management
• Drive technical architecture decisions across the platform, mentor engineers on design patterns, security best practices, and operational excellence
• Partner with business stakeholders, product teams, and engineering leadership to align platform roadmap with healthcare automation objectives and adoption strategy
• Champion security posture including secrets management, audit logging, compliance requirements, and production readiness standards

Requirements

• 7+ overall years of software engineering experience building and delivering production-grade backend services, distributed systems, and platform infrastructure
• 5+ years of backend development experience with modern programming languages and frameworks (Python, Node.js, or Java) including REST/GraphQL APIs, microservices architecture, and asynchronous processing using message brokers (Kafka or Similar)
• 3+ years building highly available, scalable backend platform services with cloud-native infrastructure including Kubernetes, containerized deployments, and CI/CD pipelines
• 2+ years of experience with Google Cloud Platform including Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Storage, and cloud-native service deployment
• 2+ years of technical leadership including architecture decision-making, design reviews, and mentoring engineers
• 1+ years with LLM integration, AI application development, or intelligent automation systems including prompt engineering and model orchestration
• Experience with agentic AI frameworks and orchestration tools (LangGraph, LangChain, Crew AI, or similar) for building multi-agent systems and workflow automation
• Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems with strong observability practices and telemetry-driven decision making
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with proven track record of mentoring engineers and adapting quickly to changing requirements
• Multi-tenant platform architecture and role-based access control implementation
• Experience with managed AI/ML cloud services, modern JavaScript frameworks, and analytics platforms
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development methodology
• Commitment to engineering excellence including code reviews, automated testing, and quality gates
• Healthcare domain knowledge or experience building healthcare technology solutions.

Benefits

• Affordable medical plan options
• 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
• 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.