Staff Software Engineer - Product Lead

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Position Summary:

If you’re eager to make a real impact in the health care industry through your own meaningful contributions, explore a role in technology with CVS Health. Our journey calls for technical innovators and data visionaries: come help us pave the way.

At CVS Health, we are driven by a vision to redefine healthcare in America by placing people at the forefront of our efforts. We're seeking a motivated software engineer who shares our commitment to engineering excellence and innovation. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to advancing and modernizing technologies that shape the future of healthcare.

We are seeking a highly experienced and innovative Staff Software Engineer for the PSS Financial analytics team at CVS Health. As a Senior Software Engineer at CVS Health, you'll play a crucial role in building and delivering high-quality software that enhances customer experiences. You'll be involved in all phases of software engineering, from requirements analysis to deployment, while adhering to agile software development methodologies. Collaboration is key, as you'll work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions that meet the evolving needs of our business.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and oversee the architecture of complex software systems, ensuring they are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with business goals 
• Drive the technical roadmap, making strategic decisions about tools, technologies, and methodologies 
• Establish and enforce coding standards, best practices, and design patterns across the engineering team 
• Mentor and guide engineers at all levels, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development 
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in applications, ensuring they meet high standards for performance and reliability 
• Implement and advocate for best practices in security, ensuring applications are secure and compliant with relevant regulations 
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for software design, development processes, and deployment procedures 
• Act as a liaison between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts ensuring clarity and understanding to create data products

As leaders in healthcare, our analytics and engineering teams deliver innovative solutions to business problems by collaborating with cross-functional teams in a dynamic and agile environment. You will be part of a team that values collaboration and encourages innovative thinking at all levels. You will be intellectually challenged to solve problems associated with large scale complex, structured and unstructured data, that will allow you to grow your technical skills and engineering expertise.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong background in system design, architecture, and leadership roles
• years of hands-on SQL experience year’s experience with frontend technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and modern libraries and frameworks such as React, Angular etc.
• Experience with database technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or similar
• Experience and proficiency in Java, Python and microservices
• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, AWS)
• Experience on DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge in programming languages such as VB.NET, C#, JavaScript
• Comfortable independently leading and completing tasks
• Familiarity with different phases of software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Effective written and verbal communication skills within and across teams
• Experience with complex systems and solving challenging analytical problems
• Knowledge in GCP architecture, commands and experience designing & optimizing software and data engineering patterns
• Ability to leverage multiple tools and programming languages to analyze and manipulate data sets from disparate data sources
• Proficient in a scripting language, such as Shell or Bash
• Working experience of CI/CD pipeline, GIT, Stash, Bit Bucket, Artifactory, Jenkins, etc.
• Formal SAFe and/or agile experience. Previous healthcare experience and domain knowledge

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, or related field required. Master’s Degree preferred. 

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

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. 
 
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities.  The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits.  Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees.  The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners.  As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies. 
 
For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit Benefits | CVS Health

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