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    CVS Health

    Healthcare

    Senior Software Development Engineer

    Work At Home-Illinois, United StatesOn-SiteFull-time5+ yrs experience$83.4k – $222.5k / yearPosted 1w ago
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    Job description

    We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

    POSITION SUMMARY

    CVS Health Digital is looking for hands-on, passionate people who want to join a high energy and growing team to make a difference in customers’ lives and who want to be on the forefront of digital innovation that aims to reinvent what a pharmacy and a health care company can be in the digital world. Currently, we are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer with deep expertise in Java/JEE, Spring Boot, RESTful microservices, and Kafka to lead the design and development of scalable, secure cloud-native solutions. This role requires hands-on experience with Data Migration, ETL pipelines, and data management best practices, ideally in a Healthcare/EHR integration context.

    The ideal candidate brings strong engineering rigor, leadership presence, architectural insight, and a modern SecDevOps mindset. Experience with GCP and healthcare data standards (HL7, FHIR) is highly preferred.

    Expectations for the Role 

    Software Engineering & Architecture 

    • 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

    Data Migration, ETL, and Data Management 

    • Design and implement ETL pipelines for structured/unstructured data using tools such as Python-based pipelines, Spring Batch, or cloud-native ETL frameworks
    • Lead data migration efforts for legacy-to-cloud or system-to-system transitions (incremental loads, bulk loads, validation, reconciliation)
    • Establish data quality, profiling, and governance practices
    • Work with clinical data formats, mapping, transformations, and normalization (FHIR resources, HL7 v2 segments, CCD/C-CDA documents)

    Cloud, DevOps & SecDevOps 

    • Build and maintain CI/CD automation (unit tests, integration tests, SAST/DAST, artifact provenance, policy gates)
    • Deploy and operate services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Build, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, IAM, Secret Manager, etc
    • Drive SecDevOps practices: threat modeling, secure coding, dependency scanning, secrets management, container hardening
    • Implement observability frameworks (OpenTelemetry, tracing, dashboards, alerts, SLOs)

    Healthcare/EHR Integration 

    • Integrate microservices with EHR systems using HL7 v2, FHIR, SMART on FHIR, and standard healthcare APIs.
    • Support workflows across patient data exchange, interoperability, and HIPAA-aligned data flows.
    • Collaborate with compliance and security teams to implement regulatory safeguards.

    REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

    • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
    • 5+ years with developing applications within Java/JEE, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, RESTful microservices
    • 3+ years of Apache Kafka (event streaming, partitions, consumer groups, schema registry)
    • 3+ years CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, automated testing
    • 3+ years Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud orchestration
    • 2+ years of hands-on experience with Cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure)

    PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

    • Experience with FHIR, HL7 v2, and EHR integrations (Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH, etc.)
    • Experience with GCP (GKE/Cloud Run, Cloud Build, IAM, logging/monitoring)
    • Experience in large-scale system modernization or data platform migration
    • Solid knowledge of Data Migration, ETL concepts, and data lifecycle management
    • Strong understanding of security best practices (OAuth 2.0/OIDC, TLS, secrets mgmt, scanning)
    • Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and mentor junior developers
    • Experience with Spring Batch, Dataflow, or cloud-native ETL tools
    • Knowledge of SQL/NoSQL, schema design, indexing, performance tuning, migrations
    • Knowledge of HIPAA, HITRUST, or regulated healthcare data environments

    EDUCATION

    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

    BUSINESS OVERVIEW

    Bring your heart to CVS Health Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand — with heart at its center — our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.  Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.  We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day.  CVS Health is an affirmative action employer, and is an equal opportunity employer, as are the physician-owned businesses for which CVS Health provides management services. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.  We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.

    Anticipated Weekly Hours

    40

    Time Type

    Full time

    Pay Range

    The typical pay range for this role is:

    $83,430.00 - $222,480.00

    This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.

    Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

    Great benefits for great people

    We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

    This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.


    Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on
    Benefits Moments.

    We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 09/25/2026

    Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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    About the company

    CVS Health

    CVS Health is a pharmacy innovation company that connects with customers through its more than 9,900 CVS Pharmacy locations and online and mobile digital offerings. CVS Health is a pharmacy innovation company that connects with customers through its more than 9,900 CVS Pharmacy locations and online and mobile digital offerings.

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    Industry
    Healthcare
    Founded
    1963
    Open roles
    10301

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