Principal Software Engineer Cloud-Native Health AI Platform

CVS Health Corporation; Galway; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health Corporation is recruiting a Principal Software Engineer for Health100 in Ireland. You’ll set technical direction for cloud‑native, event‑driven platforms and lead critical components while mentoring senior engineers and maintaining high standards for testing, observability, and security.

You will collaborate with product and architecture leaders to translate prototypes into production, driving reliability and performance and staying current with industry standards and open‑source

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of software development experience.
• 5+ years in Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices; 2+ years with Kafka.
• 3+ years of cloud computing (GCP or Azure);
• 3+ years applying security, resiliency, availability and scalability practices.

Responsibilities

• Set and own technical vision and strategy across cloud, backend, automation, and platform domains.
• Serve as senior technical authority for high‑impact initiatives; guide architecture and delivery across teams.
• Define platform direction and roadmaps with engineering leadership and product teams.
• Lead solutions from prototype to production; ensure performance, security, reliability, and operability.
• Drive innovation and maintain alignment across teams with emerging technologies.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Information Systems

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Kafka

GCP

Azure

Security

CI/CD

Job description

CVS Health Corporation is recruiting a Principal Software Engineer for Health100 in Ireland. You’ll set technical direction for cloud‑native, event‑driven platforms and lead critical components while mentoring senior engineers and maintaining high standards for testing, observability, and security.

You will collaborate with product and architecture leaders to translate prototypes into production, driving reliability and performance and staying current with industry standards and open‑source