Principal Software Development Engineer

CVS Health

  • Woonsocket, RI
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
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 the nation’s leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues – caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.POSITION SUMMARYCVS 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. The Principal Software Development Engineer includes closely working with a team of engineers to drive delivery excellence, partner with business and other IT leaders to build digital assets, provide expert level support to resolve complex issues and provide RCA, identify gaps in systems in current digital eco system and provide solutions to enhance overall performance. All of this is critical to driving Digital growth and improving customer experience. This individual will collaborate with digital leaders, business partners, and IT colleagues to deliver business growth and great customer experiences that differentiate CVS in the market, while ensuring efficient, effective, and safe product development.Expectations for the Role
  • Provide technical vision, drive strategy around solutions, solve complex problems, and successfully execute across the Cloud, Java frameworks
  • Act as an executive technical leader across strategic efforts, leveraging partners, technical leads, and technical expertise to better inform processes and outcomes
  • Act as a technical owner across strategic efforts involving the Cloud, backend solution, streaming, ML and more
  • Partner with technical leaders within CVS and the open-source community and contribute to product strategy, frameworks, roadmap definition, and requirements-gathering
  • Provide domain knowledge and engineering insight to guide early designs, accelerate project decision-making, and maintain close oversight of technical execution
  • Promote reusability of API's across various clients while offering configurations
  • Encourage and maintain engineering excellence on the team to build reliable distributed systems that our customers can build their business on
  • Become a trusted decision-maker for important projects with high technical or outcome risk
  • Develop mindshare by collaborating and discussing ideas
  • Plot and execute on the path from prototype to production for features
  • Bring passion, energy and excitement to the team and organization
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • At least 10 years of experience in systems analysis and application program development
  • 8+ years of experience either managing large software development teams or serving as a Technical Lead / Advisor responsible for technical decision / direction
  • At least 5 years of experience building Enterprise solutions and managing client requirements and technical solutions
  • 5+ years of development experience in one or more of the following languages: Java, Springboot
  • 5+ years of experience with Agile software development
  • 3+ years of experience with Cloud Platform experience (GCP or Azure is preferred)
  • 2+ years of experience in a DevOps role worked on Kubernetes, Argo, GIT, Jenkins, Maven, JUnit, Docker, JMeter, Artifactory and
  • 2+ years of CICD Pipeline automation experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • Hands on experience with cloud technologies/platforms
  • Good understanding and working experience in IT Security best practices and other compliance standards such as ADA, HIPAA, PCI DSS
  • Experience in SAFe Agile work environments; certification of SAFe for leaders would be a plus
  • Experience in handling multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; thrives working in a highly iterative, agile, and open team environment
  • A strong business and technical vision and the ability to translate these in business and technical approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines with optimal solutions
  • Knowledge/experience in the Healthcare space, B2C and/or B2B is a plus
EDUCATIONBachelor’s degree or, equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)BUSINESS OVERVIEWBring 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 RangeThe typical pay range for this role is:$144,200.00 - $288,400.00This 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 peopleWe 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, visitWe anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 10/31/2025Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

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