Senior Java Microservices Architect - Healthcare IT

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

Job summary

CVS Health in Madison, WI, seeks a Senior Software Development Engineer to lead design and development of scalable, secure cloud-native solutions in a healthcare setting. You will own microservice architecture, data migration, ETL pipelines, and DevOps practices with a SecDevOps mindset.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in Java/JEE, Spring Boot, RESTful services, Kafka, and cloud experience (GCP/AWS/Azure), with Docker/Kubernetes and HIPAA‑aligned data handling.

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

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

GKE

Cloud Run

Cloud Build

Cloud SQL

Pub/Sub

IAM

Secret Manager

Job description

CVS Health in Madison, WI, seeks a Senior Software Development Engineer to lead design and development of scalable, secure cloud-native solutions in a healthcare setting. You will own microservice architecture, data migration, ETL pipelines, and DevOps practices with a SecDevOps mindset.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in Java/JEE, Spring Boot, RESTful services, Kafka, and cloud experience (GCP/AWS/Azure), with Docker/Kubernetes and HIPAA‑aligned data handling.