Distinguished Engineer, Developer Experience

9025 CVS Shared Services Resources LLC; Minnesota; Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 335,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings

Wellness programs

Other resources

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead DevEx platform engineering, tooling, and AI-enabled software development. You will define architecture, partner with Acceleration, and shape open source strategy while driving enterprise-wide technical standards and innovation.

You will influence senior engineering leaders, guide AI-driven tooling adoption, and champion secure, scalable developer platforms across the organization.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering with senior leadership roles (Principal, Staff+, or Distinguished Engineer).
• Experience leading strategy/architecture in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Hands-on with internal developer platforms, Kubernetes-based infra, cloud-native tech, CI/CD.
• Strong experience with AI-assisted software development and AI-enabled SDLC practices.
• Proven ability to influence architecture across org boundaries without direct reporting authority.
• Active participation in open source communities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience evaluating modern developer tooling and platform engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture, standards, and direction for a core DevEx domain.
• Align internal platform investments with Acceleration leadership and teams.
• Influence platform interoperability, AI-enabled systems, observability, edge patterns.
• Lead AI-enabled SDLC strategy and adoption of AI coding assistants and tools.
• Shape AI technologies across planning, development, testing, deployment, and operations.
• Contribute to CVS Health's open source strategy and governance.
• Champion evolution of platforms toward open, AI-driven solutions.
• Engage with open source communities and establish best practices for contribution.
• Elevate technical standards by influencing senior engineers and leaders.
• Evaluate build-vs-buy decisions for developer tooling and security.

Skills

Technical leadership

AI-enabled development

Stakeholder management

Open source involvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering / CS / IS

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

CAP Kubernetes-based platform

Developer platforms

Job description

We’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.

Position Summary

CVS Health's Developer Experience (DevEx) organization is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to provide technical leadership across platform engineering, developer tooling, and AI-enabled software development. This individual will define technical strategy and architecture for critical DevEx platforms while partnering closely with the Acceleration organization, including API Platform, Experience Platform, Feature Flagging, and Mobile teams, to ensure a cohesive and interoperable engineering ecosystem. The Distinguished Engineer will drive innovation in AI-assisted software development, influence enterprise-wide architectural decisions, and serve as a key contributor to CVS Health's open source strategy. This role requires a highly credible, hands‑on technical leader who can drive alignment, influence without direct authority, and elevate engineering excellence across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Own technical architecture, standards, and technical direction for a core domain within DevEx's platform engineering portfolio, serving as the highest-level technical escalation point.
• Partner with Acceleration leadership and engineering teams to align internal developer platform investments, including CAP (CVS Health's Kubernetes-based application platform), CI/CD, and software supply chain security capabilities.
• Influence architecture decisions across Acceleration platforms, particularly related to platform interoperability, AI-enabled systems, observability, and edge computing patterns.
• Lead the organization's AI-enabled Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) strategy, evaluating and driving adoption of AI coding assistants, agentic development tools, and AI-powered engineering workflows.
• Shape how AI technologies transform software planning, development, testing, deployment, and operational processes across engineering teams.
• Serve as a leading voice in DevEx's open source strategy, identifying opportunities for open sourcing platforms and components while supporting licensing and intellectual property considerations.
• Champion the evolution of key platforms, including Flip, toward open, AI-driven, and edge-enabled solutions.
• Actively contribute to and foster engagement with relevant open source communities while establishing best practices for open source consumption and contribution.
• Influence senior engineers, principal engineers, and engineering leaders across DevEx and partner organizations to elevate technical standards and engineering excellence.
• Evaluate and recommend build-versus-buy decisions related to developer productivity platforms, secrets management, AI infrastructure, and engineering tooling.
• Lead technical due diligence for vendor and open source technology selections, including API gateways, feature flagging solutions, developer portals, and platform engineering capabilities.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, including significant technical leadership experience in Principal, Staff+, or Distinguished Engineer roles.
• Proven success leading technical strategy and architecture within large-scale enterprise environments, preferably supporting organizations with 10,000+ engineers.
• Deep hands‑on expertise with internal developer platforms, Kubernetes-based infrastructure, cloud-native technologies, and CI/CD ecosystems.
• Strong experience with AI-assisted software development, including coding assistants, agentic development frameworks, and AI-enabled SDLC practices.
• Demonstrated track record of influencing technical strategy and architectural decisions across organizational boundaries without direct reporting authority.
• Active participation and credibility within open source communities through contribution, maintenance, or leadership of open source projects.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, executive communication, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Experience evaluating and implementing modern developer tooling, platform engineering solutions, and software delivery technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with API gateway technologies such as Apigee, Kong, Azure API Management (APIM), or similar enterprise API platforms.
• Background working with feature flagging platforms, developer portals, software supply chain security, or platform engineering products.
• Experience operating in highly regulated industries such as healthcare, financial services, or other compliance-driven environments.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide AI transformation initiatives and scaling AI-enabled engineering practices across large organizations.
• Experience developing, governing, or accelerating enterprise open source strategies and community engagement programs.
• Strong understanding of observability, edge computing architectures, and modern developer experience best practices.

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or a related quantitative discipline, or equivalent work experience. Master degree preferred.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is: $175,100.00 - $334,750.00. This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company's equity award program.

Benefits

Great benefits for great people. We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families. This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Retirement savings options
• Wellness programs
• Other resources

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 10/19/2026. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.