Senior Manager, Software Engineering

CVS Health; United States; Remote; USD 106,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is looking for a Senior Manager, Software Engineering, responsible for overseeing engineering projects and leading a team to deliver innovative solutions in healthcare technology. This role requires extensive experience in software development, APIs, and stakeholder management within a cloud environment, aiming to enhance customer experiences through quality software.

Benefits

Affordable medical plan options

401(k) plan with matching contributions

Employee stock purchase plan

Wellness screenings and counseling services

Flexible work schedules

Tuition assistance

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering in cloud environments.
• Experience with APIs and microservices.
• Evidence of managing deliverables and stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Oversee engineering projects ensuring successful delivery.
• Guide team in best practices and optimize development processes.
• Engage with stakeholders to gather and clarify requirements.

Skills

Software Engineering

API Development

Microservices

Cloud Solutions

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree from accredited university or equivalent work experience

Tools

Azure

Job description

At CVS Health, we’re building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care.

As the nation’s leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues – caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

As a Senior Manager, Software Engineering at CVS Health, you'll play a crucial role in building and delivering high-quality software that enhances customer experiences. You'll be involved in all phases of software engineering, from requirements analysis to deployment, while adhering to agile software development methodologies. Collaboration is key, as you'll work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions that meet the evolving needs of our business.

As a Senior Manager, Software Engineering, you will:

Oversee engineering projects, ensuring successful delivery within scope, budget, and timeline.

Shape long-term plans, technology adoption strategies, and innovation initiatives to drive digital transformation.

Provide technical leadership, guiding the team in best practices, optimizing development processes, and resolving technical challenges.

Partner with senior leadership to define and execute the engineering strategy and roadmap in alignment with business objectives.

Contribute to solution design and architecture, collaborating with product teams, architects, production support and senior engineers.

Engage with key stakeholders—including business leaders, clients, and partners—to gather requirements, clarify expectations, and align priorities.

Establish and enforces security and quality assurance processes to ensure the delivery of high-performing, reliable solutions.

Champion continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for enhancement, refining processes, and optimizing development workflows.

Lead one to a few teams of software engineers, providing mentorship, fostering professional growth, and ensuring team effectiveness.

Engage in code reviews to ensure best practices are followed and coach the team on how to adopt evolving best practices in our area.

As leaders in healthcare, our analytics and engineering teams deliver innovative solutions to business problems by collaborating with cross-functional teams in a dynamic and agile environment. You will be part of a team that values collaboration and encourages innovative thinking at all levels. You will be intellectually challenged to solve problems associated with large scale complex, structured and unstructured data, that will allow you to grow your technical skills and engineering expertise.

Required Qualifications:

7+ years of experience with designing and building software engineering solutions in cloud environments

7+ years of experience with APIs, microservices, and modern software patterns

5+ year(s) of soliciting complex requirements and managing relationships with key stakeholders

5+ year(s) of experience independently managing deliverables

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge in Azure architecture, commands and experience designing & optimizing software and data engineering patterns

Healthcare, Retail, Pharmacy and/or Insurance domain experience

Machine Learning and Generative AI experience at scale

Education

Bachelor degree from accredited university or equivalent work experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Bring your heart to CVS Health Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable. We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day. CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$106,605.00 - $213,210.00

At CVS Health, we’re building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care.

As the nation’s leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues – caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

As a Senior Manager, Software Engineering at CVS Health, you'll play a crucial role in building and delivering high-quality software that enhances customer experiences. You'll be involved in all phases of software engineering, from requirements analysis to deployment, while adhering to agile software development methodologies. Collaboration is key, as you'll work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions that meet the evolving needs of our business.

As a Senior Manager, Software Engineering, you will:

• Oversee engineering projects, ensuring successful delivery within scope, budget, and timeline.

• Shape long-term plans, technology adoption strategies, and innovation initiatives to drive digital transformation.

• Provide technical leadership, guiding the team in best practices, optimizing development processes, and resolving technical challenges.

• Partner with senior leadership to define and execute the engineering strategy and roadmap in alignment with business objectives.

• Contribute to solution design and architecture, collaborating with product teams, architects, production support and senior engineers.

• Engage with key stakeholders—including business leaders, clients, and partners—to gather requirements, clarify expectations, and align priorities.

• Establish and enforces security and quality assurance processes to ensure the delivery of high-performing, reliable solutions.

• Champion continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for enhancement, refining processes, and optimizing development workflows.

• Lead one to a few teams of software engineers, providing mentorship, fostering professional growth, and ensuring team effectiveness.

• Engage in code reviews to ensure best practices are followed and coach the team on how to adopt evolving best practices in our area.

As leaders in healthcare, our analytics and engineering teams deliver innovative solutions to business problems by collaborating with cross-functional teams in a dynamic and agile environment. You will be part of a team that values collaboration and encourages innovative thinking at all levels. You will be intellectually challenged to solve problems associated with large scale complex, structured and unstructured data, that will allow you to grow your technical skills and engineering expertise.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience with designing and building software engineering solutions in cloud environments

• 7+ years of experience in one or more modern languages, such as Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, SQL, etc.

• 7+ years of experience with APIs, microservices, and modern software patterns

• 5+ year(s) of soliciting complex requirements and managing relationships with key stakeholders

• 5+ year(s) of experience independently managing deliverables

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge in Azure architecture, commands and experience designing & optimizing software and data engineering patterns

• Healthcare, Retail, Pharmacy and/or Insurance domain experience

• Machine Learning and Generative AI experience at scale

Education

Bachelor degree from accredited university or equivalent work experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Bring your heart to CVS Health Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable. We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day. CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$106,605.00 - $213,210.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.

• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.

• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 06/21/2025

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

About the company

At CVS Health, we share a clear purpose: helping people on their path to better health. Through our health services, plans and community pharmacists, we’re pioneering a bold new approach to total health. Making quality care more affordable, accessible, simple and seamless, to not only help people get well, but help them stay well in body, mind and spirit.

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