Principal Full-Stack Architect for AI-Driven Healthcare

CVS Health; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Principal/Director-level Full-Stack Software Development Engineer to lead architecture and delivery of AI-enabled digital health platforms. You will own end-to-end design across UI, backend, and data layers, with a focus on scalable, secure, and compliant solutions in a regulated healthcare environment.

The role requires hands-on leadership, mentoring, and collaboration with product teams, while steering modern web apps using React/Angular and backend services in Java,

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
• Optimize performance, resiliency, and security across the stack
• Integrate AI/ML and Generative AI capabilities into digital experiences
• Work with LLM APIs, prompt orchestration, and AI service frameworks
• 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

Architecture & design

AI/GenAI integration

Cloud-native applications

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline (preferred)

Tools

React

Angular

TypeScript

Java (Spring Boot)

Node.js

Python

REST

GraphQL

gRPC

Kafka

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Datadog/Prometheus/Grafana

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Principal/Director-level Full-Stack Software Development Engineer to lead architecture and delivery of AI-enabled digital health platforms. You will own end-to-end design across UI, backend, and data layers, with a focus on scalable, secure, and compliant solutions in a regulated healthcare environment.

The role requires hands-on leadership, mentoring, and collaboration with product teams, while steering modern web apps using React/Angular and backend services in Java,