Senior Software Development Engineer

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

Senior Software Development Engineer### Senior Software Development EngineerApply: Hybrid: IRL - Galway: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: December 1, 2026 (19 days left to apply): R1099073We’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.As CVS Health continues to grow across our business entities in Ireland, we have exciting opportunities with our Oak Street Health entity. Oak Street Health is increasing investments in digital, data, analytics and technology and experiential innovations to drive business agility and growth. We are hiring for a **Senior Software Engineer** within our dynamic, growth-focused Healthcare Delivery business to drive technology thought leadership across our portfolio of products and capabilities. This is your opportunity to be involved with a pioneering business that is transforming health care in the United States by making customer experiences more seamless, convenient and personalized.**The Team:** Do you want to work in a team where your ideas are considered? Where you are working with other engineers you can learn from, highly motivated by the difference their work is making to people’s lives? We are looking for Tech Savvy individuals interested in delivering Java/Kotlin Microservices based solutions on AKS/GCP leveraging techniques such as Domain Driven Design. As a **Senior Software Engineer** within CVS Health's Oak Street business, you will be part of an agile development team, building and working on enterprise grade software systems leveraging cloud technology to build world-class Microservices for our next generation products.***This role reports directly to the Engineering Manager of the team & is open to hybrid candidates who can be in the office in Galway two days a week.*****Responsibilities:*** Maintain high standards of software quality by writing high-quality code and following established standards and best practices* Collaborate with other Software Engineers, Business Analysts and Architects in the planning, design, development, testing, and maintenance of backend services and API supporting business applications* Work with the Product Team in the refinement of user stories that are developer-ready, easy to understand, and testable* Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code* End-to-end application delivery including coordination with required teams for production deployment.* Analyze and resolve technical and application problems* Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties* Proactively reviews the Performance and Capacity of all aspects of production: code, infrastructure, data, and message processing* Continuous monitoring of application health/metrics and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), support triage of any production issues as and when needed* Responsible for the security and privacy of all protected health information that may be accessed during normal work activities* Mentoring of junior engineers**We’re ideally looking for an engineer with:*** Bachelor degree in Computer Science or relevant degree / work experience* 5+ years of experience building large consumer-facing products using Java, Spring Boot, Kotlin* Experience of REST API design best practices* Experience with application containerization and container management* Experience with messaging technologies like Kafka or RabbitMQ* Experience with relational and document databases (Postgres, MongoDB)* Prior work with cloud-based systems, Azure or GCP experience preferred* Exposure to caching patterns and technologies (Redis, Couchbase, etc.)* Experience with TDD and BDD/Unit testing frameworks* Experience with GenAI tools (Claude, CoPilot)* Strong understanding of microservice architecture principles and techniques, domain driven design, object-oriented design principles, and database design and implementation**Pay Range**The typical pay range for this role is:€50,000.00 - €125,000.00We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 01/12/2026