Staff Software Engineer

CVS Health; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 118,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Software Engineer focused on engineering enablement to enhance productivity and scale technical capabilities. Candidates should have a strong software engineering background, especially with distributed systems and APIs, and be passionate about empowering engineering teams. This role supports CVS’s mission to transform health care through innovative technology solutions.

Benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Comprehensive benefits package

Employee stock purchase plan

Wellness screenings and counseling services

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as Software Engineer required.
• Strong background in scalable backend services and APIs.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain reusable libraries and frameworks.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to implement solutions.
• Drive design and delivery of tools and libraries.

Skills

Distributed systems

Event-driven architectures

APIs

Communication protocols

Software engineering principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Apache Kafka

gRPC

Protobuf

Azure

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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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.

Staff Software Engineer - Engineering Enablement

Join us at the start of a new era in health care where technology is transforming how and where care is delivered, creating a more connected, effective care experience for all. Our mission at Signify Health is to build trusted relationships to make people healthier. We do this by transforming the home into a health hub through a combination of data, technology & people. We are building a unified technology platform for value-based care that is improving care and reducing spending by treating patients in lower-cost settings and linking providers’ payments to patient outcomes. Signify Health is driving this industry transformation and solving some of the most challenging problems in healthcare – this is where you come in!

About The Role

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Engineering Enablement team at Signify Health, you'll play a pivotal role in accelerating engineering productivity and scaling our technical capabilities. You'll leverage your deep expertise in distributed systems and application-level technologies to design, build, and evangelize reusable solutions, libraries, and tools. This role is for a technically skilled, passionate individual who thrives on empowering other engineers, reducing cognitive load, and fostering consistency across a rapidly growing organization.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, reusable reference libraries, frameworks, and foundational services that empower application teams to build scalable and robust solutions (e.g., common patterns for Kafka integration, gRPC/Protobuf communication, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)).
• Create comprehensive, documentation-first resources, examples, and templates that serve as blueprints for engineering teams.
• Collaborate closely with product-aligned engineering teams to understand their needs and ensure enablement solutions are practical, maintainable, and widely adopted.
• Contribute to fostering a culture of technical excellence, standardization, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization.
• Provide guidance and support to engineering teams on the effective adoption and utilization of enablement tools and libraries.
• Independently drive the design, development, and delivery of reusable tools and libraries from conception to completion, effectively managing project scope and communicating progress.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience as a Software Engineer, with a strong background in designing, building, and operating scalable backend services and APIs.
• Deep understanding and practical experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems, particularly Apache Kafka.
• Strong proficiency in designing and implementing high-performance communication protocols, including gRPC and Protobuf.
• Proficiency in one or more high-level programming languages such as C#, Java, and Golang.
• Solid foundation in software engineering principles: problem-solving, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• Strong understanding of database systems and RESTful API design.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with diverse technical teams, articulate complex technical concepts clearly, and actively listen to understand varied perspectives and needs.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, prioritize tasks, and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, while consistently delivering high-quality results.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Prior experience in an Engineering Enablement, Platform, or Developer Experience role.
• Demonstrated success in creating and maintaining shared libraries, internal tools, or standardized patterns for engineering teams.
• Familiarity with code generation techniques (e.g., for Protobuf, database schemas).
• Experience with observability tools and practices (logging, metrics, tracing, e.g., New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling.
• Comfortable working with and contributing to open-source projects or internal equivalents.
• A strong personal passion for developer productivity, standardization, and knowledge sharing.
  
  

About Signify Health

Signify Health is helping build the healthcare system we all want to experience by transforming the home into the healthcare hub. We coordinate care holistically across individuals’ clinical, social, and behavioral needs so they can enjoy more healthy days at home. By building strong connections to primary care providers and community resources, we’re able to close critical care and social gaps, as well as manage risk for individuals who need help the most. This leads to better outcomes and a better experience for everyone involved.

Our high-performance networks are powered by more than 10,000 mobile doctors and nurses covering every county in the U.S., 3,500 healthcare providers and facilities in value-based arrangements, and hundreds of community-based organizations. Signify’s intelligent technology and decision-support services enable these resources to radically simplify care coordination for more than 1.5 million individuals each year while helping payers and providers more effectively implement value-based care programs.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.

To learn more about how we’re driving outcomes and making healthcare work better, please visit us at www.signifyhealth.com.

Pay Range

The Typical Pay Range For This Role Is

$118,450.00 - $236,900.00

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: 06/30/2025

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

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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