Backend Platform & API Strategy Lead

Partners in Digital Health; South Dakota; Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Backend Capability Product Specialist to own the backend platform, API ecosystem, and third‑party integration layer of our SaaS product suite. You will bridge engineering, strategy, and market intelligence to shape scalable, interoperable systems powering internal capabilities and external partner integrations.

You will lead API design standards, governance, and developer experience; drive a vision for event‑driven microservices; and work with stakeholders to translate

Qualifications

• 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.

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.
• Lead strategy and execution for third‑party integrations, partner APIs, and marketplace ecosystem development.
• Identify and prioritize integration opportunities with EHR/EMR platforms and health data networks.
• Collaborate with technical architects to evaluate interoperability standards (HL7 FHIR, SMART on FHIR, TEFCA).
• Manage the integration roadmap from vendor evaluation through production go‑live and ongoing lifecycle management.
• Monitor healthcare tech market trends and regulatory shifts to inform backend roadmap.
• Build ROI-based business cases for platform investments with quantified impact projections.
• Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and pre‑sales to understand market needs.

Skills

Backend systems

APIs

Platform products

RESTful API design

API management tools

SaaS product strategy

Stakeholder leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Apigee

AWS API Gateway

Kong

MuleSoft

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Backend Capability Product Specialist to own the backend platform, API ecosystem, and third‑party integration layer of our SaaS product suite. You will bridge engineering, strategy, and market intelligence to shape scalable, interoperable systems powering internal capabilities and external partner integrations.

You will lead API design standards, governance, and developer experience; drive a vision for event‑driven microservices; and work with stakeholders to translate