Staff Cloud AI Engineer: Cost Estimation & Navigation

CVS Health Corporation; Puerto Rico; Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health Corporation seeks a Staff Software Development Engineer to design, build, and deliver cloud-based applications within a distributed system landscape on Google Cloud Platform. You will lead architecture, guide cross-functional teams, and deliver scalable, secure software in the Cost Estimation & Navigation AI portfolio.

The role includes mentoring engineers, ensuring regulatory compliance, and shaping long-term technical foundations while delivering high-impact healthcare navigation

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale software solutions in distributed systems environments.
• 5+ years in Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, and operating cloud-based enterprise solutions.
• 5+ years of experience designing and developing modern microservices and scalable APIs.
• 3+ years with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevOps practices.
• 3+ years with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working with AI/GenAI platforms and applying intelligent capabilities within software products.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable software solutions within the Cost Estimation & Navigation AI portfolio
• Drive architecture and technical design across distributed services, APIs, and platform components to support scalability, resiliency, security, and long-term maintainability
• Partner with product, data science, and engineering teams to translate business priorities and portfolio use cases into production-ready technical solutions
• Provide technical leadership across complex initiatives by guiding implementation decisions, managing dependencies, and addressing engineering tradeoffs
• Design, build, and enhance cloud-native applications, microservices, and APIs using modern service, interface, and messaging patterns
• Define and ensure achievement of non-functional requirements, including performance, availability, failover, scalability, and security
• Evaluate existing architectures and recommend improvements to reliability, operability, flexibility, and cost efficiency
• Lead proof-of-concept development and technical exploration for emerging technologies, including AI/GenAI-enabled capabilities relevant to portfolio needs
• Apply knowledge of data and analytics technologies, including orchestration, non-relational data stores, caching, and large-scale service integration patterns
• Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering excellence through design reviews, code reviews, and technical guidance
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to build alignment across teams and organizational boundaries
• Ensure solutions are designed and delivered in compliance with regulatory, privacy, and security requirements, including secure handling of PII and PHI data

Skills

Distributed systems

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

AI/GenAI

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

GKE

Cloud Run

Cloud Build

Pub/Sub

Cloud SQL

IAM

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

Job description

CVS Health Corporation seeks a Staff Software Development Engineer to design, build, and deliver cloud-based applications within a distributed system landscape on Google Cloud Platform. You will lead architecture, guide cross-functional teams, and deliver scalable, secure software in the Cost Estimation & Navigation AI portfolio.

The role includes mentoring engineers, ensuring regulatory compliance, and shaping long-term technical foundations while delivering high-impact healthcare navigation