Lead Director, Analytics & Software Engineering

CVS Health Corporation; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health Corporation in the United States seeks a Lead Director of Software Development Engineering to guide analytics engineers delivering data, software and ML products on Google Cloud Platform. You’ll shape strategy and drive scalable, real-time and batch analytics.

You will mentor managers, partner with cross‑functional teams to align architecture with business goals, and ensure secure, compliant solutions that improve member and provider experiences.

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands‑on software development experience.
• 5+ years designing high‑volume distributed software systems.
• 2+ years developing containerized software in public cloud.
• 1+ year managing engineering managers.
• 1+ year using generative AI in software solutions.
• 1+ year in healthcare or health insurance industry.

Responsibilities

• Technical oversight of complex distributed systems at scale.
• Direct, support, and evaluate data, software, and ML engineers.
• Monitor and optimize team and system performance with KPIs/OKRs.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain a high‑performing engineering team.
• Lead end‑to‑end ownership from strategy to delivery.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to meet guidelines.

Skills

Hands-on software development

Distributed systems design

Engineering leadership

Cloud technologies

AI/ML integration

Agile / SAFE / Kanban

Team building

Education

Bachelor’s degree in software

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Python

Java

Go

SQL

PySpark

Job description

CVS Health Corporation in the United States seeks a Lead Director of Software Development Engineering to guide analytics engineers delivering data, software and ML products on Google Cloud Platform. You’ll shape strategy and drive scalable, real-time and batch analytics.

You will mentor managers, partner with cross‑functional teams to align architecture with business goals, and ensure secure, compliant solutions that improve member and provider experiences.