Senior Backend Engineer – AI-Driven Search & Personalization

Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement; Wisconsin; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a backend-focused Senior Software Engineer to build cloud-native microservices on GCP. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable distributed systems, with emphasis on APIs, data pipelines, and AI-enabled features.

Collaboration with cross-functional teams and adherence to best practices are key in this role. The position emphasizes hands-on engineering, scalable architectures, and production readiness, with a flexible approach to AI and search technologies in a

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience across the full SDLC.
• 3+ years building cloud-native applications (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
• 4+ years programming in Java, Python, Kotlin or Go for backend/API development.
• 2+ years designing microservices with API design and event-driven patterns.
• Experience using AI development tools such as Claude/Curosr/OpenCode/Codex.
• Experience building distributed systems with scalability, resiliency, and fault tolerance.
• Experience with search technologies such as ElasticSearch/OpenSearch/Solr/Lucene.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools, including Splunk, for logging, alerting, and production support.
• Proven experience working in highly cross-functional, collaborative environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable microservices architectures, including APIs, domain-driven services, and event-driven systems.
• Develop and maintain backend services and distributed systems with a focus on scalability, resiliency, and performance.
• Collaborate with architects and senior engineers to implement technical strategies aligned with microservices-based and cloud-native design.
• Build and enhance data pipelines and platforms to support real-time and batch processing.
• Enable/implement AI-driven capabilities such as intelligent search, recommendations, and decision-support systems.
• Contribute to the development and optimization of search systems using Elastic/OpenSearch/Solr.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and automated testing using modern tools (GitHub, Jenkins, CircleCI, Harness).
• Ensure system reliability through monitoring, logging, and observability best practices.
• Participate in design discussions and code reviews, following established engineering standards and best practices.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, architects, and cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and modular solutions.
• Support production systems, troubleshooting issues and improving system performance and stability.
• Follow responsible AI practices, ensuring quality and reliability of AI-enabled features.

Skills

Java

Python

Kotlin

Go

Cloud-native platforms

Microservices design

API design

Event-driven architectures

AI development tools

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch/Solr

CI/CD & DevOps

Docker & Kubernetes

Observability with Splunk

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

CircleCI

Harness

OpenSearch/Elasticsearch/Solr

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a backend-focused Senior Software Engineer to build cloud-native microservices on GCP. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable distributed systems, with emphasis on APIs, data pipelines, and AI-enabled features.

Collaboration with cross-functional teams and adherence to best practices are key in this role. The position emphasizes hands-on engineering, scalable architectures, and production readiness, with a flexible approach to AI and search technologies in a