Staff Software Engineer

Location: Work at Home, Colorado, United States

Job Type: Full time • Work Arrangement: Remote

Category: Innovation and Technology > Digital Engineering & Architecture

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Overview

Transform healthcare as a Staff Software Development Engineer. Utilize your expertise in API and microservices development to create scalable solutions that empower users. Join a passionate team dedicated to improving health access through innovative technology.

Full Description

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.

Position Summary

As a Staff Software Development Engineer for Enterprise Digital at Aetna (a CVS Health company), you will be a senior technical expert and technical leader for one or more teams building server/microservice/backends focused on delivering software that supports our mission to deliver robust, scalable, performant APIs to provide members with the health information they need to access Aetna resources, understand benefits, make decisions and manage health care through the Aetna web and mobile applications. You will build software following modern, lean agile processes and deploy continuously into the cloud.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ year software development experience
• 4+ years API development experience
• 3+ years experience developing and deploying micro-services in AWS or other cloud environments
• 3+ years experience working with DevOps principles and CI/CD pipeline such as Circle CI
• Experience with both building new Greenfield server solutions and taking over existing projects with features and/or performance enhancements to the original solution

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with GitHub and/or GitLab
• Experience working in an Agile development environment
• Experience translating complex problems into software designs
• Experience with event driven architecture and frameworks to support them such as Kafka
• Experience implementing Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) solutions including content management system integration
• Experience integrating AI technology into the solutions and/or the software engineering process
• Experience implementing Mainframe database CDC and/or ETL processes
• An open mind about different solutions and a willingness to propose and/or discuss alternatives

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and years of experience.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$118,450.00 - $236,900.00

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: 11/30/2025

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

Key Skills & Requirements

• api development
• microservices
• aws
• devops principles
• ci/cd pipeline
• github
• agile development
• event driven architecture
• kafka
• backend-for-frontend
• ai technology integration
• mainframe database cdc
• software development
• cloud deployment
• performance enhancements
• software design

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Source: CVS Health Careers • Apply directly at official site.