Senior Full-Stack Engineer & Tech Lead, Cloud-Native

CVS Health; Helena (MT); On-site; USD 83,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Developer to anchor our engineering team, owning architecture and critical-path development. You will translate business goals into a technical roadmap and drive high-quality, secure, reliable software.

This hands-on role requires mentoring engineers, partnering with product and business stakeholders, and delivering scalable services across Java, Python, and cloud-native platforms.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in large-scale software development, including developing applications, web services, and cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, React, REST APIs, JPA, messaging, and related open-source or proprietary technologies.
• 5+ years designing and developing highly scalable microservices, web services, and REST APIs
• 5+ years of experience working in Agile development environments
• 3+ years of experience developing production-grade applications and services in Python, including API development (FastAPI/Flask) and integration with AI/ML frameworks
• 3+ years of experience with distributed messaging systems such as Kafka (topics, partitions, consumer groups), or equivalent (RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, AWS SQS/SNS)
• 2+ years in a technical lead role
• 2+ years of experience designing event-driven architectures and asynchronous integration patterns using message queues/streaming platforms
• 2+ years of experience building and maintaining Python-based data pipelines, automation scripts, or AI-agent workflows (e.g., LangGraph, LangChain, RAG architectures)
• 2+ years of hands‑on experience deploying and operating services on a cloud platform (GCP preferred, including GKE/Cloud Run, Cloud Build, IAM, and logging/monitoring)
• 2+ years of experience with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Argo
• 2+ years of experience with source management tools such as GitHub or GitLab
• 2+ years of experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives while mentoring other engineers

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and critical-path development for complex software systems.
• Translate business goals into a technical roadmap and execution plan, ensuring code quality, security, and reliability.
• Mentor engineers across the team and collaborate with product, architecture, and business stakeholders.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

React

REST APIs

JPA

Messaging

Agile

Python

AI/ML integration

Cloud

Lead architect

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub

Jenkins

Argo

GCP

LangGraph

LangChain

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Developer to anchor our engineering team, owning architecture and critical-path development. You will translate business goals into a technical roadmap and drive high-quality, secure, reliable software.

This hands-on role requires mentoring engineers, partnering with product and business stakeholders, and delivering scalable services across Java, Python, and cloud-native platforms.