Senior Java/Kafka Software Engineer - Cloud & Healthcare

CVS Health; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 83,430 - 222,480; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health Digital is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to lead the design and development of scalable, cloud-native solutions in Java/JEE, Spring Boot, RESTful microservices, and Kafka.

You will own data migration, ETL pipelines, and data management best practices within a healthcare context, leveraging GCP and secure DevSecOps. Strong leadership and mentoring are essential as you collaborate across teams to deliver compliant, high-impact software.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years with developing applications within Java/JEE, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, RESTful microservices.
• 3+ years of Apache Kafka (event streaming, partitions, consumer groups, schema registry).
• 3+ years CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, automated testing.
• 3+ years Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud orchestration.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Cloud (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, ensuring consistent JSON modeling, backward-compatible versioning, and strong API governance.
• Mentor team members and contribute to engineering standards, design reviews, and coding best practices.

Skills

Java/JEE

Spring Boot

RESTful microservices

Kafka

API design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Git workflows

CI/CD pipelines

Spring Cloud

Job description

CVS Health Digital is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to lead the design and development of scalable, cloud-native solutions in Java/JEE, Spring Boot, RESTful microservices, and Kafka.

You will own data migration, ETL pipelines, and data management best practices within a healthcare context, leveraging GCP and secure DevSecOps. Strong leadership and mentoring are essential as you collaborate across teams to deliver compliant, high-impact software.