Staff Software Engineer - Cloud-Native Microservices Leader

Careerwebsite; Nevada (IA); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Retirement savings options

Paid time off

Job summary

CVS Health Digital is hiring a Staff Software Development Engineer to lead architecture decisions and deliver scalable healthcare technology solutions. You will mentor engineers, drive API governance, and partner with product, UX, and business stakeholders to build secure, cloud-native applications.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, microservices, and data migration, with a focus on HIPAA-aligned data flows and secure interoperability across platforms.

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 RESTful services.
• 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 migration efforts; establish data quality and governance practices.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Kafka

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GKE

Cloud Run

Cloud Build

Pub/Sub

Cloud SQL

Job description

CVS Health Digital is hiring a Staff Software Development Engineer to lead architecture decisions and deliver scalable healthcare technology solutions. You will mentor engineers, drive API governance, and partner with product, UX, and business stakeholders to build secure, cloud-native applications.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, microservices, and data migration, with a focus on HIPAA-aligned data flows and secure interoperability across platforms.