Senior HealthTech Backend Engineer - Cloud-Native Microservices

CVS Health; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 133,488 - 222,480; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health Digital is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to lead design and development of scalable, secure cloud‑native solutions using Java/JEE, Spring Boot, and Kafka. You will own API strategy, mentor engineers, and drive SecDevOps in a healthcare data context.

The role emphasizes data migration, ETL pipelines, and HIPAA‑aligned data flows within a cloud (GCP) environment, with a strong focus on reliability and security.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years with Java/JEE, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, RESTful microservices.
• 3+ years of Apache Kafka (consumer groups, schema registry).
• 3+ years CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, automated testing.
• 3+ years Docker, Kubernetes, cloud orchestration.
• 2+ years hands‑on cloud experience (GCP/AWS/Azure).

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop high‑performance microservices using Java/JEE, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud.
• Lead development of event‑driven services using Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, streaming patterns, schema evolution).
• Own API strategy for RESTful services with stable versioning and governance.
• Mentor team members and contribute to engineering standards and reviews.
• Design ETL pipelines and data migrations to cloud platforms.

Skills

Java/JEE

Spring Boot

RESTful microservices

Kafka

GCP

SecDevOps mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud (GCP/AWS/Azure)

Kafka Schema Registry

Job description

CVS Health Digital is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to lead design and development of scalable, secure cloud‑native solutions using Java/JEE, Spring Boot, and Kafka. You will own API strategy, mentor engineers, and drive SecDevOps in a healthcare data context.

The role emphasizes data migration, ETL pipelines, and HIPAA‑aligned data flows within a cloud (GCP) environment, with a strong focus on reliability and security.