Principal AI-Driven Full-Stack Architect (Healthcare)

9025 CVS Shared Services Resources LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings options

Wellness programs

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Principal/Director-level Full-Stack Software Development Engineer to lead architecture, design, and delivery of next-generation digital solutions within the Digital Caremark organization. You will shape API-first platforms and AI-enabled services across front-end and back-end systems in a regulated healthcare environment.

You will mentor engineers, set technical direction, and ensure security, scalability, and reliability while collaborating with product, data, and ML

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years in senior/principal/architect roles.
• Strong full-stack development experience.
• Proven experience designing distributed systems at a large scale.
• Expertise in API-first and microservices architectures.
• Hands on experience integrating AI/GenAI capabilities.
• Experience building cloud-native applications.
• Strong system design and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience in mentoring senior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive architecture for large-scale distributed systems and digital platforms.
• Lead design reviews and set architecture standards and best practices.
• Champion API-first, microservices, and event-driven architecture patterns.
• Ensure systems meet scalability, reliability, security, and compliance requirements.
• Balance performance, cost, and speed in technical decision-making.
• Design and develop end-to-end solutions across UI, backend, and data layers.
• Build modern web applications using React, Angular, or similar frameworks.
• Develop scalable services and APIs using Java, Go, Node.js, or Python.
• Integrate AI/ML and Generative AI capabilities into digital experiences.
• Partner with data and ML teams to productionize models.
• Implement responsible AI practices, governance, and monitoring.
• Act as a technical advisor to engineering and product leadership.
• Influence cross-team technical direction and strategy.
• Establish and promote engineering best practices.
• Mentor and coach engineers across levels.

Skills

Full-stack development

Distributed systems design

API-first architecture

AI/GenAI integration

Cloud-native apps

Mentoring & leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Principal/Director-level Full-Stack Software Development Engineer to lead architecture, design, and delivery of next-generation digital solutions within the Digital Caremark organization. You will shape API-first platforms and AI-enabled services across front-end and back-end systems in a regulated healthcare environment.

You will mentor engineers, set technical direction, and ensure security, scalability, and reliability while collaborating with product, data, and ML