Senior Software Engineer

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 

As Senior Software Engineer, you will use your experience to build resilient and scalable APIs for our Aetna Health customers using the latest cloud technologies and development methodologies.  

As part of the Aetna Health Digital Enterprise, you will be part of a team responsible of API creation from discovery through design and development and its production maintenance. You will also maintain a user centric and business-as-priority approach in design perspective and practice. 

In this position you will partner and collaborate with the Engineering manager, Architects, Quality assurance, Business partners, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, and Project managers to effectively translate the business requirements into a solution and engineering components.  

You will also work closely with Product Management, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Architecture to delivery highly reliable and performant products that drive business value. 

You will collaborate across a cross-functional development team and stakeholders to make high-level architectural decisions, propose design patterns, and ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability of digital solutions. 

You will also be involved throughout the entire development life cycle of a product and must be able to deliver an efficient solution, as well as identify and properly mitigate any risks to the product before deployment to production.  

You will write code, develop software components, and implement complex functionalities according to product requirements.  

Leverage advanced programming skills to design and implement complex features, optimize performance, and ensure code efficiency. 

Integrate various software components or systems, ensuring seamless communication and interoperability between different parts of the digital solution. 

Write and execute comprehensive test cases, conduct code reviews, perform debugging, and troubleshoot issues to ensure the reliability, stability, and high quality of digital solutions. 

Participate in SAFe agile or other development methodologies, attend meetings, contribute to project planning, and help drive the progress and success of digital projects. 

Explore new tools, frameworks, and techniques to improve digital solutions and drive innovation within the development team. 

Create and maintain technical documentation, including system designs, architecture diagrams, code documentation, and other relevant documentation while sharing their knowledge and expertise with team members, ensuring effective knowledge transfer and collaboration. 

Required Qualifications 

• 5+ years of professional software development experience. 

• 3+ years of NodeJS development with TypeScript or Javascript  

• 3+ years of Cloud Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) 

• 2+ years of experience with domain driven design (DDD) and microservice architectures 

• 2+ years of experience designing architectural solutions based off product requirements and considerations for both server and client needs 

• 2+ years of experience with monitoring and observability and building scalable services 

• 2+ years of experience implementing various database solutions (SQL/NoSQL DB)

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience developing GraphQL APIs 

• Experience with queues, websockets, malware scanners, messaging & chat architectures, and form submissions 

• Experience with building AI solutions & tracking model and feature performance, used to derive next steps in a feature’s lifecycle or opportunities for optimization 

• Understanding of common security vulnerabilities, to industry standards, and experience anticipating and addressing security concerns in solutions and code 

• Excellent verbal, written communication, and collaboration skills 

• Experience creating solid documentation to capture solutions for implementation and historical reference 

• Adept at execution and delivery (planning, delivering, and supporting) skills 

Education 

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

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$92,700.00 - $185,400.00

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: 04/20/2026

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