Senior BackEnd Engineer

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 is building a new Developer Experience (DevEx) Tooling & Automation team focused on delivering exceptional tools, platforms, and automation that improve productivity and efficiency for all CVS Digital engineering teams.

The Senior Backend Engineer is a key contributor responsible for designing, building, and operating backend services, APIs, and data pipelines that power CVS Health’s internal developer platforms. Working closely with Staff Engineers and DevEx leadership, this role builds scalable microservices, integrates enterprise data sources, and ensures backend reliability, performance, and security. The engineer will deliver production‑grade services using Java/Spring Boot and Python, with strong emphasis on API design, cloud-native architectures, and automation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and RESTful APIs using Java/Spring Boot and Python to power internal developer platforms.

• Develop and maintain cloud‑native microservices on AWS/Azure, including containerized deployments, CI/CD automation, and integration with enterprise data sources.

• Build and optimize data pipelines and real‑time streaming solutions leveraging event-driven architectures and message brokers (Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ).

• Ensure reliability, performance, and security of backend systems through monitoring, observability tooling, and adherence to authentication/authorization best practices.

• Collaborate with Staff Engineers and cross‑functional DevEx teams to translate architectural direction into production-ready solutions, drive automation, and improve overall developer productivity.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years of backend development in Java (Spring Boot) or Python

• 3+ years of experience with RESTful API design and microservices

• 3+ years of UNIX/Linux experience, including shell scripting

• 2+ years working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and DevOps tools (Docker, Git, GitHub Actions)

• 2+ years working with real-time data or streaming applications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience designing scalable, cloud-based microservices and APIs (AWS/Azure preferred)

• Experience with Spring Boot, Hibernate, and JPA for enterprise services

• Experience with event-driven architecture and message brokers (Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ)

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and DevOps best practices

• Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS/AKS)

• Strong database experience:

  • Relational (PostgreSQL, Oracle): query optimization and migrations

  • NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra): appropriate use‑case selection

• Strong Linux CLI and shell scripting skills

• Familiarity with API gateways (Apigee, Kong) and API governance

• Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, CloudWatch, ELK)

• Knowledge of modern authentication frameworks (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, Spring Security)

• Experience building or debugging distributed systems

• Python experience for automation or data pipelines

• Experience with Agentic AI / LLM frameworks (LangChain, AWS Bedrock) is a plus

• SAFe/Agile experience; healthcare industry experience is beneficial

• Relevant certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Developer Associate, Spring Professional)

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s degree from accredited university or equivalent work experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience).

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Bring your heart to CVS Health Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.  Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.  We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day.  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.  We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.

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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. 
 

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

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