Staff SDE - AI-Driven Healthcare Cost & Navigation

CVS Health Corporation; Providence (RI); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health Corporation is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer in Providence to design, build, and deliver cloud-native applications within a large distributed system. You will contribute across architecture, system design, and implementation, driving scalable, secure solutions for cost estimation and navigation AI offerings.

You will collaborate with product, data science, and security teams, mentor engineers, and ensure compliance with privacy and regulatory requirements while

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale software in distributed systems.
• 5+ years in one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, Go or JavaScript.
• 5+ years designing, building, and operating cloud-based enterprise solutions.
• 5+ years designing 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 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

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

CVS Health Corporation is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer in Providence to design, build, and deliver cloud-native applications within a large distributed system. You will contribute across architecture, system design, and implementation, driving scalable, secure solutions for cost estimation and navigation AI offerings.

You will collaborate with product, data science, and security teams, mentor engineers, and ensure compliance with privacy and regulatory requirements while