Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Health Microservices Leader

Careerwebsite; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer to lead a cross‑functional product team in building scalable healthcare software solutions. You will drive architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and partner with product and security teams to deliver secure, cloud‑native applications that impact patient care.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, Java and Spring Boot, event‑driven architectures with Kafka, and data integration using HL7/FHIR standards while operating in an Agile

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• 7+ years of experience developing applications using Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, and RESTful services.
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing microservices architectures.
• 3+ years of experience with Apache Kafka or similar event‑streaming technologies.
• 3+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevOps practices.
• 3+ years of experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• 2+ years of experience working with public cloud platforms, including GCP, AWS, or Azure.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop high‑performance microservices using Java, JEE, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud.
• Lead development of event‑driven services using Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, streaming patterns, schema evolution).
• Own API strategy for RESTful services, ensuring consistent JSON modeling, backward‑compatible versioning, and strong API governance.
• Mentor team members and contribute to engineering standards, design reviews, and coding best practices.

Skills

Java

J2EE

Spring Boot

RESTful services

Apache Kafka

Cloud platforms

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security practices

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer to lead a cross‑functional product team in building scalable healthcare software solutions. You will drive architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and partner with product and security teams to deliver secure, cloud‑native applications that impact patient care.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, Java and Spring Boot, event‑driven architectures with Kafka, and data integration using HL7/FHIR standards while operating in an Agile