Staff 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 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 Summary

This role is responsible for leading the design and development of scalable, high-quality features for Aetna applications using modern technologies such as React Native, TypeScript, and Java-based back-end systems. The position involves providing architectural guidance, ensuring code quality through reviews, and mentoring team members to foster technical excellence. The individual will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, contribute to strategic technical decisions, and support production environments by troubleshooting and resolving issues. Additionally, the role requires maintaining comprehensive technical documentation and driving best practices in engineering processes, cloud adoption, and API development.

Key Responsibilities

• Feature Development: Design and implement robust, scalable features using React Native and TypeScript for our Aetna applications

• Code Review & Quality Assurance: Conduct thorough code reviews and maintain high coding standards across the team

• Mentorship & Training: Guide and mentor junior and mid-level developers, fostering their professional growth and technical skills

• Architectural Guidance: Contribute to architectural decisions and technical strategy discussions

• Production Support: Provide technical support for production issues, including troubleshooting, debugging, and implementing fixes

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions

• Technical Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation for systems and processes

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with React/Angular

• 7+ years of software development experience in enterprise/web applications

• 7+ years of experience as full stack developer in Java-based technologies

• 4+ years of experience in modern programming languages and cloud-based technologies (GCP is preferred)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Healthcare domain

• 3+ years of experience with building application programming interfaces (API) and frameworks in their field; experience in API security, analytics, throttling, caching, logging, request and response modifications

• Experience in Agile development practices

• Experience with  GCP or other public cloud services, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), SaaS application development/support, CI/CD practices, containerization, Kubernetes, and Agile/DevOps methodologies

• Familiarity with React JS, Nodejs or other front-end frameworks; ability to develop effective engineering practices and processes

• Expertise in working in in large, collaborative teams to achieve organizational goal

• Extensive experience of Microservices Patterns and its right implementation

• Knowledge with GraphQL/gRPC.

• Knowledge of open-source packages especially those provided by Apache, Google, and Spring

• Database knowledge – SQL, NoSQL, table structure, data relationships

• Familiarity with product management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Rally, or equivalent product engineering collaboration tools

Education

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$118,450.00 - $284,280.00

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.  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 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: 10/23/2025

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.