Lead Cloud-Native Platform Engineer, Health AI

Rhode Island Bar Assn.; Woonsocket (RI); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Equity awards

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead Health100, a cloud-native, AI-driven health technology platform unifying pharmacies, providers, insurers, PBMs, and digital health solutions. You will set the technical direction, mentor engineers, and translate prototypes into production systems with strong reliability and security.

Preference is for hybrid work out of our Woonsocket, RI headquarters; remote options considered for non-local candidates.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience, including hands-on Agile delivery and building enterprise-grade distributed systems.
• 5+ years of development experience in Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices, including 2+ years working with Kafka or other event-driven platforms.
• 3+ years of experience with cloud computing technologies (GCP, Azure, or equivalent public cloud).
• 3+ years applying engineering practices for security, resiliency, availability, and scalability in production systems.
• Experience with AI/generative AI solutions and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Set and own technical vision and strategy across cloud, backend, automation, and platform domains, solving complex problems and driving aligned execution.
• Serve as senior technical authority for high-impact initiatives, guiding architecture, shaping engineering processes, and ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery across teams and partners.
• Define platform direction and roadmaps by collaborating with engineering leadership, product teams, and the open-source community, influencing frameworks and core system design.
• Lead solutions from prototype to production, contributing to key frameworks and components while ensuring performance, security, reliability, and operational readiness.
• Drive innovation and execution excellence by applying deep technical judgment, navigating competing priorities, fostering cross-team alignment, and staying current with emerging technologies and industry standards.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Kafka

Cloud computing

Security & resiliency

AI / Gen AI

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead Health100, a cloud-native, AI-driven health technology platform unifying pharmacies, providers, insurers, PBMs, and digital health solutions. You will set the technical direction, mentor engineers, and translate prototypes into production systems with strong reliability and security.

Preference is for hybrid work out of our Woonsocket, RI headquarters; remote options considered for non-local candidates.