Staff Software Engineer, Cost Estimation & AI Navigation

CVS Health Corporation; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Equity awards

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

CVS Health Corporation is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer to design, build, and deploy cloud-based solutions within a distributed environment on Google Cloud Platform. You will influence architecture, APIs, and platform components across teams to deliver scalable, secure products that simplify healthcare navigation.

You will mentor engineers, partner with product and data science teams, and ensure compliance with privacy and security requirements while exploring AI-enabled

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale software solutions in distributed systems environments.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience designing, building, and operating cloud‑based enterprise solutions.
• 5+ years of experience designing and developing modern microservices and scalable APIs.
• 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.
• Experience working with AI/GenAI platforms and applying intelligent capabilities within software products.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable software solutions within the Cost Estimation & Navigation AI portfolio.
• Drive architecture and technical design across distributed services, APIs, and platform components to support scalability, resiliency, security, and long-term maintainability.
• Partner with product, data science, and engineering teams to translate business priorities and portfolio use cases into production-ready technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership across complex initiatives by guiding implementation decisions, managing dependencies, and addressing engineering tradeoffs.
• Design, build, and enhance cloud-native applications, microservices, and APIs using modern service, interface, and messaging patterns.
• Define and ensure achievement of non-functional requirements, including performance, availability, failover, scalability, and security.
• Evaluate existing architectures and recommend improvements to reliability, operability, flexibility, and cost efficiency.
• Lead proof-of-concept development and technical exploration for emerging technologies, including AI/GenAI-enabled capabilities relevant to portfolio needs.
• Apply knowledge of data and analytics technologies, including orchestration, non-relational data stores, caching, and large-scale service integration patterns.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering excellence through design reviews, code reviews, and technical guidance.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to build alignment across teams and organizational boundaries.
• Ensure solutions are designed and delivered in compliance with regulatory, privacy, and security requirements, including secure handling of PII and PHI data

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

AI/GenAI platforms

Google Cloud Platform

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

CVS Health Corporation is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer to design, build, and deploy cloud-based solutions within a distributed environment on Google Cloud Platform. You will influence architecture, APIs, and platform components across teams to deliver scalable, secure products that simplify healthcare navigation.

You will mentor engineers, partner with product and data science teams, and ensure compliance with privacy and security requirements while exploring AI-enabled