Backend Platform & API Product Lead

Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement; Wyoming (OH); Hybrid; USD 106,605 - 284,280; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Backend Capability Product Specialist to own the backend platform, APIs, and third‑party integration layer for our SaaS product suite. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, business strategy, and market intelligence to build scalable, interoperable systems powering internal capabilities and external partner integrations.

The ideal candidate blends SaaS platform expertise with a data‑driven prioritization approach, valuing healthcare tech, interoperability

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of product management experience.
• 4+ years focused on backend systems, APIs, or platform products.
• Proven track record delivering SaaS platform features at scale - ideally in a B2B or enterprise context.
• Deep understanding of RESTful API design, webhooks, async messaging, and modern integration patterns.
• Hands‑on experience with API management platforms (e.g., Apigee, AWS API Gateway, Kong, MuleSoft).
• Strong ability to build investment cases grounded in ROI modeling, market sizing, and competitive differentiation.
• Demonstrated experience leading API or platform product strategy - not just execution.
• Comfortable reading technical documentation, reviewing API specs (OpenAPI/Swagger), and participating in architectural discussions.

Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap for backend systems, APIs, and data platform capabilities.
• Define API design standards, versioning strategies, and developer experience (DX) principles.
• Drive the vision for a scalable, event‑driven microservices architecture in collaboration with engineering leads.
• Establish and govern API governance frameworks including authentication, rate limiting, and SLA commitments.

Skills

Product management

Backend systems

API design

RESTful APIs

API management

ROI modeling

Stakeholder leadership

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Backend Capability Product Specialist to own the backend platform, APIs, and third‑party integration layer for our SaaS product suite. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, business strategy, and market intelligence to build scalable, interoperable systems powering internal capabilities and external partner integrations.

The ideal candidate blends SaaS platform expertise with a data‑driven prioritization approach, valuing healthcare tech, interoperability