CVS Health · 1 week ago
Sr Software Development Engineer
MA - Wellesley
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$93K/yr - $222K/yr
5+ years expCVS Health is the nation’s leading health solutions company, reaching millions of Americans through various channels. The Sr Software Development Engineer will design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs, ensuring well-coordinated and successful releases to production.
Health CareMedicalPharmaceuticalRetailSales
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs
Ensure that releases are well-coordinated, fully prepared, and successfully deployed to production
Bring strong technical expertise in modern backend development
Excellent problem-solving skills
Proactive approach to production monitoring, issue triage, and cross-team coordination
Maintain high engineering standards
Ensure smooth release cycles
Drive operational excellence across the development lifecycle
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in Software Development experience
Strong foundation in software engineering: problem solving, data structures, algorithms, patterns, concurrency
Strong proficiency in backend development (e.g., Python, Java, Go, or similar)
Experience developing and maintaining RESTful APIs, microservices, and backend systems
Strong skills in relational and/or NoSQL databases
Experience coordinating release cycles, preparing release notes, and ensuring all development tasks and dependencies are tracked
Ability to ensure features, bug fixes, and tasks are in a 'release-ready' state with proper documentation, testing, and approvals
Experience supporting production deployments and post-deployment validations
Strong understanding of agile methodologies and sprint planning best practices
Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Ability to lead technical discussions, clarify requirements, and support junior engineers
Strong sense of ownership and ability to operate independently with minimal guidance
Preferred
Prior experience in a hybrid role involving both software development and release/operations management
Experience with an Application and Performance Monitoring platform
Familiarity with cloud vendors: Azure, AWS or GCP
Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
Knowledge of message queues and event-driven architectures (Pub/Sub, Kafka, etc.)
Experience with SRE or DevOps practices, including incident management and root-cause analysis
Benefits
Affordable medical plan options
401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
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
Company
CVS Health
CVS Health is a health solutions company that provides an integrated healthcare services to its members.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4BKey Investors
Michigan Economic Development CorporationStarboard Value
2025-08-15Post Ipo Debt· $4B
2025-07-17Grant· $1.5M
2019-11-25Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
David Joyner
President and Chief Executive Officer, CVS Health
Chandra McMahon
SVP & CISO
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