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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.\nRole Summary\nAt CVS Health®, you’ll be working with a team of passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold themselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Do you enjoy innovation while having fun doing it? If the answer yes, then this role might be for you! Join us and be part of something bigger, innovative and simplification in healthcare.\nWe are seeking a highly experienced and innovative Principal (Director Level) Software Development Engineer to lead the application architecture, design, development, delivery of next-generation digital and analytical based applications, and optimization of scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions across all major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and GCP). This role requires deep technical expertise in the following: AI-enabled solutions, strategic thinking, scalable digital platforms, and enterprise integrations that power critical healthcare and pharmacy experiences and a passion for driving excellence in software engineering practices.\nThis is a senior technical leadership role for a hands-on engineer who can operate across the full stack-from intuitive front-end applications to resilient backend services-while setting architectural direction, influencing engineering standards, and mentoring teams. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise, end to end solutioning, and strong collaboration skills to build secure, scalable, Frontend and API-first solutions in a highly regulated environment.\nKey Responsibilities:\nDefine and communicate the broader vision, executing the IT strategy in alignment with organizational standards\nServe as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, including architects, application owners, and engineers, to define overall strategy, prioritization, and execution\nLead engineering and application architectural initiatives, ensuring alignment with the enterprise technology strategy and supporting the long-term evolution of the platform while creating scalable technical solutions.\n\nDevelop and maintain multi-year technology roadmaps that translate complex business capabilities into robust, scalable, and secure architectures, while effectively providing Technical leadership oversight, leading technical debt and balancing modernization with delivery priorities.\"\nLeverage performance data to create feedback loops that drive continuous insight and improvement\nChampion strong product management and agile mindsets by actively communicating team successes and identifying areas for growth\nBuild and lead high-performing teams capable of overcoming complex technical challenges to solve business-critical problems\n Required Qualifications\n10+ progressive years of experience in defining and driving full stack software engineering, architecture and delivery cloud native platforms for large-scale distributed systems and digital platforms\n5+ years in hands on experience as senior/principal/architect roles building cloud native applications with cloud technologies such as GCP, AWS, AZURE, GKE, Google DBs (BigQuery, Spanner, BigTable) or other PaaS with deep expertise in API-first and microservices architectures\n5+ years of experience using front end development tools like Angular, React, React TypeScript, React JS\n5+ years of experience in building backend functionality using Python, API Forge, Rest API, Java\n5+ years of experience working in a Scrum iterative delivery, using Agile concepts such as Sprint planning, CI/CD\n3+ years of hands-on experience integrating AI/GenAI capabilities\nPreferred Qualifications\n12+ years preferred with advanced STEM degree\nAct as a technical advisor to engineering and product leadership\nInfluence cross-team technical direction and strategy\nEstablish and promote engineering best practices\nMentor and coach engineers across levels\nExperience with AI development tools such as Cursor, Copilot, Vertex AI Studio, Claude Code, will be a plus\nExperience building enterprise healthcare or regulated-industry platforms\nFamiliarity with healthcare data, privacy, and compliance requirements\nExposure to ML-Ops and AI lifecycle management\nExperience with identity, security, and privacy architectures\nTrack record of influencing architecture across large organizations\nExperience contributing to platform or developer ecosystem strategies\nStrong foundational knowledge in AI, with prior experience using AI technologies such as OpenAI, Gemini, and Agentic AI automation\nExperience in the healthcare domain\nExperience with cloud networking and firewall implementation for new platforms.\nExperience with application and database migration and modernization to the cloud\nEducation\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience\nPay Range\nThe typical pay range for this role is:\n$144,200.00 - $288,400.00This 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. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program. \nOur 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.\nGreat benefits for great people\nWe take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.\nThis 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. 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