Staff Software Development Engineer

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

CVS 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. Currently we are hiring a Staff Software Development Engineer with deep, hands‑on experience building and operating backend, platform, and integration services at scale.

In this technical lead role, you will design and deliver highly available, secure, and compliant microservices that power healthcare data exchange and platform capabilities. The ideal candidate will be strong in Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and event‑driven systems. While also being comfortable operating in cloud‑native environments, and experienced working in regulated domains. The Staff Engineer will partner closely with product, architecture, security, and DevOps teams to deliver reliable services that integrate with healthcare ecosystems and third‑party platforms.

*Expectations For The Role:*

• Design, develop, and maintain backend microservices using Java/JEE and Spring Boot, exposing RESTful APIs that are secure, performant, and resilient
• Implement event-driven patterns using Apache Kafka (producers/consumers, schema evolution, partitioning, consumer groups)
• Model and exchange data using JSON; ensure robust validation, versioning, and backward compatibility
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines including unit/integration testing, ...