Senior Java Software Engineer
Company: CVS Health
Location: Austin, TX 78701
Salary: $92,700 - $185,400 a year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-05-23
About this role
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.
Position Summary
As a Senior Java Software Development Engineer, you will play a crucial role within a collaborative team and will design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs while also ensuring that releases are well-coordinated, fully prepared, and successfully deployed to production. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise in modern backend development, excellent problem-solving skills, and a proactive approach to production monitoring, issue triage, and cross-team coordination. This position is critical in maintaining high engineering standards, ensuring smooth release cycles, and driving operational excellence across the development lifecycle.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of end-to-end software engineering experience across the full SDLC, with strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and concurrency.
- 5+ years of experience with Java and Spring Boot, including REST API development, testing (JUnit), and engineering best practices.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with a major cloud platform (GCP, AWS, or Azure), with a preference for GCP and experience using services such as Cloud Storage, Cloud Composer, Dataflow, and IAM.
- 3+ years building and maintaining scalable backend systems, microservices, RESTful APIs, and ETL/data quality pipelines.
- 2+ years of experience with Kubernetes and related tooling (GKE, Apigee, Airflow).
- 2+ years working with relational and non-relational databases (PostgreSQL/SQL, MongoDB).
- 2+ years of experience with CI/C...