Staff Software Engineer - Cloud-Native Healthcare

Careerwebsite; South Carolina; On-site; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health Digital is hiring a Staff Software Development Engineer to lead architectural decisions and build scalable healthcare tech on a cloud-native platform. You will mentor engineers, drive data migration initiatives, and partner with product, UX, and security teams to deliver secure, high‑quality software.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, event‑driven architectures, and implementing SecDevOps in an Agile environment, with a focus on healthcare data exchange and interoperability.

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.
• Design and implement ETL pipelines and data migrations, including cloud-native workflows.
• Build and maintain CI/CD automation and SecDevOps practices, including security testing and vulnerability management.
• Collaborate with compliance and security teams to implement regulatory safeguards.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Apache Kafka

RESTful APIs

Cloud Platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure)

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Spring Batch

OpenTelemetry

Job description

CVS Health Digital is hiring a Staff Software Development Engineer to lead architectural decisions and build scalable healthcare tech on a cloud-native platform. You will mentor engineers, drive data migration initiatives, and partner with product, UX, and security teams to deliver secure, high‑quality software.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, event‑driven architectures, and implementing SecDevOps in an Agile environment, with a focus on healthcare data exchange and interoperability.