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. 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. The Staff Software Development Engineer - Backend includes closely working with a team of engineers to drive delivery excellence, partner with business and other IT leaders to build digital assets, provide expert level support to resolve complex issues and provide RCA, identify gaps in systems in current digital eco system and provide solutions to enhance overall performance. All of this is critical to driving Digital growth and improving customer experience. This individual will collaborate with digital leaders, business partners, and IT colleagues to deliver business growth and great customer experiences that differentiate CVS in the market, while ensuring efficient, effective, and safe product development. **Responsibilities:** + Lead the design, development, and implementation of Catalog Backend Services using Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Search, NoSQL (MongoDB/Cassandra), Kafka + Develop and maintain scalable REST and GraphQL APIs as well + Act as a technical owner across strategic efforts involving the Cloud, backend solution, streaming, ML and more with in Catalog. + Implement pub/sub messaging solutions using Kafka, ensuring reliable and efficient data flow between services. + Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineering teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions. + Participate in code reviews, provide mentorship to junior developers, and champion best practices in software development and testing. + Integrate cloud-based services into application architecture, ensuring optimal performance and security of cloud-native applications. + Drive the adoption of CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, building, and deployment to enhance and secure the software supply chain. + Analyze and resolve complex issues in the applications, identifying root causes and implementing robust fixes. + Continuously optimize application performance and scalability through code improvements, cloud service optimizations, and infrastructure as code practices. + Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and tools, and proactively suggest new approaches to improve the software development process. + Partner with technical leaders within CVS and the open source community and contribute to product strategy, frameworks, roadmap definition, and requirements-gathering + Promote reusability of API’s across various clients while offering configurations + Encourage and maintain engineering excellence on the team to build reliable distributed systems that our customers can build their business on + Develop mindshare by collaborating and discussing ideas + Plot and execute on the path from prototype to production for features + Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and deal with multiple priorities **REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS** + 8+ years of experience in systems analysis and application program development. + 5+ years of development experience in one or more of the following languages: Java, SpringBoot, Search, NoSQL and/or Kafka + 5+ years of experience within an Agile software development + 3+ years of experience building Enterprise solutions and managing client requirements and technical solutions + 2+ years of experience in a DevOps role working with various technologies like Kubernetes, Argocd, CircleCI, GIT, Jenkins, Maven, JUnit, Docker, JMeter, Artifactory + 2+ years of CI/CD Pipeline automation experience **Preferred Qualifications** + 8+ years of experience serving as a Technical Lead of large software development teams + 3+ years experience with cloud computing technologies; Any Cloud Providers/Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services such as Google Cloud Storage, Kubernetes (GKE) specifically from a software development perspective. + 3+ years of hands-on experience with Confluent Kafka or equivalent pub/sub messaging systems, including designing and implementing Kafka topics and consumers. + 3+ years of experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes with a focus on deploying and managing applications. + Familiarity with GraphQL/gRPC + Experience with Elastic Search or Apache SOLR, or similar search related technologies + Experience with Machine Learning and/or Artificial Intelligence (Vertex AI, Gen AI, GPT 3.5) modeling **EDUCATION** Bachelor’s degree or, equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience) **Pay Range** The typical pay range for this role is: $130,295.00 - $260,590.00 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: 05/26/2025 Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.