Full-Time

Principal Software Engineer

Gcp, Distributed Systems, Analytics

Posted on 1/3/2025

CVS Health

CVS Health

10,001+ employees

Comprehensive pharmacy and healthcare services

Healthcare
Consumer Goods

Compensation Overview

$144.2k - $288.4kAnnually

+ Bonus + Commission + Equity Award Program

Senior, Expert

Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

Remote in USA + 1 more

More locations: Hartford, CT, USA

Hartford, CT is a specific location; Massachusetts and Connecticut are remote work options.

Category
Backend Engineering
FinTech Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
LLM
Python
BigQuery
Machine Learning
Java
C#
Go
Data Analysis
Google Cloud Platform

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Degree
Experience
Requirements
  • 8+ years of software industry experience with 4+ years as a technical leader.
  • 5+ years leading technical architecture initiatives that impact many value streams.
  • 5+ years designing and developing distributed systems, employing a disciplined approach.
  • 8+ years involved in requirements analysis, estimation within a formal SDLC.
  • 8+ years of mastery with development languages (Python, Java, C#, Go, etc.).
  • 8+ years of relational databases, including in the cloud.
  • 5+ years of non-relational databases (document stores, KV stores, caches).
  • 5+ years architecting solutions in any major cloud.
  • 5+ years with micro-services architecture, APIs, real-time system integrations.
  • 5+ years of automated unit and integrating testing.
  • 3+ years of experience and mastery with Python.
  • 3+ years with asynchronous messaging.
  • 2+ years with machine learning models in a production environment.
  • 1+ years with large language models in a production environment.
Responsibilities
  • Demonstrated excellence in software development with a disciplined approach to problem-solving.
  • Excels at breaking down complex problems into multi-step plans within an Agile development environment.
  • Develops solutions that are well engineered, flexible, resilient, operable, maintainable, and can be delivered on schedule.
  • Ensures a balance between tactical and strategic technology solutions.
  • Ensures all NFRs (e.g., performance, availability and fail-over, scalability, security, etc.) are properly articulated.
  • Strong architectural sense with experience in various software architectures and messaging patterns.
  • Proven ability to drive large solutions across multiple applications.
  • Able to analyze existing architectures and develop opportunities for improvements in alignment with industry best practices.
  • Experience working in high-volume, high-frequency distributed systems and tackling the hardest scalability problems presented.
  • Experience with major cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and modern service, interface, and messaging patterns.
  • Experience integrating excellence in software development, cloud platforms, and distributed system design and architecture into systems involving machine learning and language models.
  • Investigate and design novel and unique technology solutions and lead the building of POCs to validate technical hypothesis and provide reference architectural solutions.
  • Broad knowledge encompassing the data and analytics space: work orchestration, OLAP and non-relational databases (BigQuery, Mongo Atlas, KV stores, caches).
  • Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to move fluidly between high-level abstract thinking and detailed implementation.
  • Proven leader with the ability to mentor strong, cohesive technical teams.
  • Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Good understanding of healthcare of other regulated industries, particularly how to manage regulated data in a complex distributed environment where encryption is the default.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience building and operating large scale distributed systems.
  • Ability to learn quickly and adapt to change requirements.
  • Experience with SAFE practices or able to work in SAFE practices and agile methodologies.
  • Experience related to security oriented projects.
  • Exposure to CI/CD and DevOps.
  • Software or analytics experience within the healthcare industry.
  • Strong architectural skills, including diagramming.
  • Excellent communications and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively in visual, verbal, and written form to teams, clients, and leadership.
  • Ability to manage multiple competing priorities with minimal supervision. Self-directed.
  • Knowledge in GCP architecture, commands and experience designing & optimizing software and data engineering patterns.

CVS Health operates a large network of retail pharmacies and walk-in medical clinics across the United States, providing a variety of health-related products and services. The company serves individual consumers, businesses, and communities, offering prescription medications, over-the-counter health products, beauty items, and general merchandise. CVS Health also functions as a pharmacy benefits manager, managing health plans for over 75 million members, and provides specialized care for seniors and patients requiring specialty pharmacy services. This integrated approach allows CVS Health to deliver affordable health management solutions, improve access to quality care, and enhance health outcomes while aiming to reduce overall healthcare costs. The company's goal is to support individuals in achieving better health through its comprehensive services.

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Founded

1963

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What believers are saying

  • Expansion of telehealth services allows CVS to reach more patients remotely.
  • Increased consumer interest in wellness boosts demand for CVS's health-related products.
  • The trend towards value-based care aligns with CVS's integrated healthcare approach.

What critics are saying

  • Legal challenges related to opioid prescriptions could harm CVS's reputation and finances.
  • The DOJ's intervention in a whistleblower lawsuit may increase legal costs for CVS.
  • The Horizon Organic Milk recall exposes potential vulnerabilities in CVS's supply chain.

What makes CVS Health unique

  • CVS Health operates over 9,600 retail pharmacies and 1,100 walk-in clinics nationwide.
  • The company integrates pharmacy benefits management with specialty pharmacy services for comprehensive care.
  • CVS Health offers tailored medication plans through personalized medicine and pharmacogenomics.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Company Equity

Wellness Program

Professional Development Budget

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

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