Hybrid Senior Software Engineer - Java/Kotlin Microservices

CVS Health Corporation; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health in Galway is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver Java/Kotlin-based microservices on AKS/GCP. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build enterprise-grade software, ensure quality and security, and mentor junior engineers.

The role is hybrid, based in Galway with in-office presence on selected days. Requires 5+ years of experience, strong REST API design, and cloud/delivery readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a relevant field.
• 5+ years of experience building large consumer-facing products using Java, Spring Boot, Kotlin.
• Experience with REST API design and best practices.
• Experience with microservices and containerized environments.
• Experience with messaging (Kafka or RabbitMQ) and relational/document DBs.
• Cloud experience with Azure or GCP preferred.
• Knowledge of caching (Redis) and GenAI tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of software quality by writing high-quality code and following established standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with Software Engineers, Business Analysts and Architects in planning, design, development, testing and maintenance of backend services and APIs.
• Work with Product Team to refine user stories that are developer-ready and testable.
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
• End-to-end application delivery including coordination for production deployment.
• Analyze and resolve technical and application problems; improve processes.
• Monitor production performance, capacity, metrics, and KPIs; triage issues.
• Ensure security and privacy of protected health information.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

REST API

Microservices

Domain Driven Design

TDD/BDD

GenAI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Spring Boot

Kafka

RabbitMQ

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Azure

GCP

Redis

Couchbase

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

CVS Health in Galway is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver Java/Kotlin-based microservices on AKS/GCP. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build enterprise-grade software, ensure quality and security, and mentor junior engineers.

The role is hybrid, based in Galway with in-office presence on selected days. Requires 5+ years of experience, strong REST API design, and cloud/delivery readiness.