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Senior Software Development Engineer

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We're building a world of health around every individual - shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you'll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger - helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

POSITION SUMMARY
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. Currently, we are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer with deep expertise in Java/JEE, Spring Boot, RESTful microservices, and Kafka to lead the design and development of scalable, secure cloud‑native solutions. This role requires hands‑on experience with Data Migration, ETL pipelines, and data management best practices, ideally in a Healthcare/EHR integration context. The ideal candidate brings strong engineering rigor, leadership presence, architectural insight, and a modern SecDevOps mindset. Experience with GCP and healthcare data standards (HL7, FHIR) is highly preferred.

Software Engineering & Architecture

Architect, design and develop high‑performance microservices using Java, JEE, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud

Lead development of event‑driven services using Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, streaming patterns, schema evolution)

Own API strategy for RESTful services, ensuring consistent JSON modeling, backward‑compatible versioning, and strong API governance

Mentor team members and contribute to engineering standards, design reviews, and coding best practices

Data Migration, ETL, and Data Management

Design and implement ETL pipelines for structured/unstructured data using tools such as Python‑based pipelines, Spring Batch, or cloud‑native ETL frameworks

Lead data migration efforts for legacy‑to‑cloud or system‑to‑system transitions (incremental loads, bulk loads, validation, reconciliation)

Establish data quality, profiling, and governance practices

Work with clinical data formats, mapping, transformations, and normalization (FHIR resources, HL7 v2 segments, CCD/C‑CDA documents)

Cloud, DevOps & SecDevOps

Build and maintain CI/CD automation (unit tests, integration tests, SAST/DAST, artifact provenance, policy gates)

Deploy and operate services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Build, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, IAM, Secret Manager, etc

Drive SecDevOps practices: threat modeling, secure coding, dependency scanning, secrets management, container hardening

Implement observability frameworks (OpenTelemetry, tracing, dashboards, alerts, SLOs)

Healthcare/EHR Integration

Integrate microservices with EHR systems using HL7 v2, FHIR, SMART on FHIR, and standard healthcare APIs

Support workflows across patient data exchange, interoperability, and HIPAA‑aligned data flows

Collaborate with compliance and security teams to implement regulatory safeguards

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

5+ years of professional software engineering experience

5+ years with developing applications within Java/JEE, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, RESTful microservices

3+ years of Apache Kafka (event streaming, partitions, consumer groups, schema registry)

3+ years CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, automated testing

3+ years Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud orchestration

2+ years of hands‑on experience with Cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience with FHIR, HL7 v2, and EHR integrations (Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH, etc.)

Experience with GCP (GKE/Cloud Run, Cloud Build, IAM, logging/monitoring)

Experience in large‑scale system modernization or data platform migration

Solid knowledge of Data Migration, ETL concepts, and data lifecycle management

Strong understanding of security best practices (OAuth 2.0/OIDC, TLS, secrets mgmt, scanning)

Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and mentor junior developers

Experience with Spring Batch, Dataflow, or cloud‑native ETL tools

Knowledge of SQL/NoSQL, schema design, indexing, performance tuning, migrations

Knowledge of HIPAA, HITRUST, or regulated healthcare data environments

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

Pay Range
$83,430.00 - $222,480.00

Anticipated Weekly Hours
40

Time Type
Full time

EEO Statement
CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician‑owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. 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. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

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