Senior Software Development Engineer - Developer Tooling

CVS Health; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 102,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer - Developer Tooling to lead digital delivery automation within Platform Enablement. You will support incident automation, end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, and backend development while mentoring engineers across diverse technical backgrounds.

In this fast-paced role, you will help shape the tooling strategy, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure reliable software delivery for CVS Health Enterprise Engineering.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of information technology experience.
• 3+ years hands-on with Core Java, Golang, Python, Node.js or similar backend stack.
• 3+ years writing infrastructure as code (IAC) to deploy microservice infrastructure.
• 3+ years of CI/CD pipeline development with reusable code.
• 2+ years building backend applications.
• 2+ years cloud experience (GCP/AWS/Azure).
• 3+ years of Agile software development.

Responsibilities

• Lead creation of best-in-class digital delivery within Platform Enablement.
• Assist engineers to drive delivery automation for CVS Health Enterprise Engineering.
• Support automation of incidents, end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, and application coding.
• Mentor and guide engineers with diverse technical backgrounds.
• Prioritize work, communicate clearly, and deliver reliably.

Skills

IT experience

Backend programming

IAC

CI/CD pipelines

Backend development

Cloud computing

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

GitHub

Artifactory

Job description

We're building a world of health around every individual - shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you'll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger - helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Position Summary

The CVS Digital Developer Experience organization builds the tools and services that help developers do their best work. We support tens of thousands of developers across CVS Health, with responsibilities spanning source control, CI/CD, artifact repositories, development environments, and AI-powered coding assistance.

Currently, we are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer - Developer Tooling to help lead the creation of best-in-class digital delivery within Platform Enablement. In this role, you will be technically assisting the team of engineers to drive the delivery automation of our CVS Health Enterprise Engineering. The platform is focused on providing a seamless customer experience, identifying and analyzing system design weaknesses, and troubleshooting complex technical issues.

In addition, this role will assist the team technically around automation of incidents, end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, and application coding, which will provide site reliability services while supporting operations and CI/CD of the platform. You will use your people management skills to support, manage, and mentor other engineers with deep and varying technical backgrounds and experience. You should have the ability to prioritize well, communicate clearly, have a consistent track record of delivery, and demonstrate excellent software engineering and people management skills.

A successful candidate will be a highly motivated, collaborative individual, motivated to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in information technology
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Core Java, Golang, Python, Node.js, or any backend programming stack
• 3+ years in writing infrastructure as code (IAC) or other similar technologies to deploy microservice application infrastructure
• 3+ years of hands-on experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines leveraging reusable code
• 2+ years of standing up/developing backend applications
• 2+ years of hands-on cloud computing experience within GCP, AWS, and/or Azure
• 3+ years of application development using Agile methodology

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines
• End-to-end DevOps hands-on knowledge and tools like GitHub, Artifactory, or similar tools
• Excellent problem-solving/troubleshooting skills
• Ability to help/guide team members in resolving technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation
• Ability to work cross-functionally with other teams to resolve dependencies and ensure transparency
• Understanding of microservice patterns and concepts, and troubleshooting issues along with fixing/remediating defects and security vulnerabilities with continuous integration and automated testing strategies and tools
• Able to research and learn new methodologies and technologies and bring knowledge to the team

EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree or equivalent 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.

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The Typical Pay Range For This Role Is

$101,970.00 - $203,940.00

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.

Great Benefits For Great People

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

This full-time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 09/04/2026

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