Principal 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.

The Principal Software Development Engineer is accountable for building and executing the Pharmacy technology strategy for the multiple pharmacy value stream. This technical leader will join forces with business and product leaders to architect, design, build, and deliver a roadmap which drives our business and technology strategy and solution forward for next generation of pharmacy solution. This position will compile research and technologies across the organization into one cohesive technical roadmap to prove out ambient products that address our colleague and customer challenges. This position will have an opportunity to provide strategic leadership for the software development of our application products and services that leverage advance technologies.

Looking for a Principal Software Engineer who has experience mentoring / guiding team members, helping drive development decisions, and assisting with architecture design decisions. This leader will demonstrate executive level qualities, lead the conversation, have an eye for great design, Hands-on coding as required and a knack for pushing projects from conception to end users. This leader will partner with Value Architects, Product and Engineer teams in order to articulate the true total value of each technical solution and the overall business outcome.

Responsibilities :

Provide technical vision, drive strategy around solutions, solve complex problems, and successfully execute across the Cloud, backend solution, automation and more

Act as an executive technical leader across strategic efforts, leveraging partners, technical leads, and technical expertise to better inform processes and outcomes

Act as a technical owner across strategic efforts involving the Cloud, backend solution, automation and more

Partner with technical leaders within CVS Health and the open source community and contribute to product strategy, frameworks, roadmap definition, and requirements-gathering

Contribute to developing key framework and components of solutions and provide technical excellence

Provide domain knowledge and engineering insight to guide early designs, accelerate project decision-making, and maintain close oversight of technical execution

Become a trusted technical decision-maker for important initiatives

Develop mindshare by collaborating and discussing ideas

Plot and execute on the path from prototype to production for capabilities and features

Bring passion, energy and excitement to the team and organization

Ability to work in a fast paced environment and deal with multiple priorities

Technology Research and Innovation to develop a long-term strategy based on emerging trends in healthcare and technology industries

Required Qualifications

10+ years' experience in systems analysis and application program development.

5+ years of development experience in one or more of the following languages : Java, Springboot, Kafka, Microservices.

5+ years of experience with Agile software development.

3+ years' experience in building enterprise technical solutions across multiple interfaces.

2+ year experience with Confluent Kafka, or open-source distributions.

3+ years of experience with cloud computing technologies in GCP / Azure or similar public cloud environment.

3+ years of experience of engineering practices considering security, resiliency, availability and scalability into software development.

2+ years of experience worked on CICD Pipeline automation.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with AI / generative AI solutions and technologies

Experience working with distributed teams, working across multiple time zones and geographies.

Experience in the health and wellness domain

Experience working as full stack development when needed

Experience developing colleague and user-facing features and / or apps.

Ability to influence and inspire teams to align technical direction

Ability to create and execute innovation roadmaps

Have contributed to open-source technology and Developed patents

Ability to learn / work with emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the Cloud / IT technology space

Ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries, build relationships, and achieve broader organizational goals.

Education

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

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is :

$144,200.00 - $288,400.00

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.

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We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on : 01 / 23 / 2026

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.