Staff Software Engineer — AI-Driven Full-Stack Architect

CVS Health; Montpelier (VT); On-site; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity awards

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead architecture, development, and scaling of core applications. You will bridge backend data systems with AI capabilities and frontend experiences, building dashboards and resilient microservices.

You will guide DevOps culture, champion AI features, and mentor teams across frontend, backend, and DevOps, while aligning with product roadmaps. You will optimize Payer Operations metadata and lifecycle contracts, orchestrate data integrations, and design

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on full‑stack development, system architecture, and scalable applications.
• Frontend expertise with modern JS/TS frameworks and data visualization libraries.
• Backend/API proficiency with scalable microservices and event‑driven architectures.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases and data feeds integration.
• Hands‑on AI model and API integration into software products.

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end design, architecture, and development of highly scalable web applications across frontend and backend layers.
• Architect and implement rich dashboards and interfaces to surface complex data insights.
• Design secure, scalable APIs and data integration layers with diverse data objects and third‑party platforms.
• Champion AI enablement and integrate AI/ML features into core products to automate workflows.
• Drive DevOps, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, containers, and IaC for reliable releases.
• Establish monitoring, logging, and performance profiling across the stack and troubleshoot production issues.
• Mentor engineers, establish coding standards, and shape the technical roadmap with product leadership.
• Navigate ambiguous requirements by engaging stakeholders and iterating on solutions.

Skills

Full-stack

System architecture

Scalable apps

React/Angular/Vue

Backend languages

REST APIs

Data visualization

Cloud platforms

DevOps

Education

Bachelor or Master in CS/SE/IT

Tools

Docker/Kubernetes

Terraform/CloudFormation

GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Jenkins

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead architecture, development, and scaling of core applications. You will bridge backend data systems with AI capabilities and frontend experiences, building dashboards and resilient microservices.

You will guide DevOps culture, champion AI features, and mentor teams across frontend, backend, and DevOps, while aligning with product roadmaps. You will optimize Payer Operations metadata and lifecycle contracts, orchestrate data integrations, and design