Lead Software Development Engineer - IaaS

The Lead Software Development Engineer - IaaS is a high visibility, hands on software engineering role that will help lead the implementation of a modern application resource self service provisioning. To be effective in this role, you must have a passion and knowledge for building highly scalable systems while working across a wide net of teams and skillsets.

This is a new team at CVS, and we need a strong technical leader who can work with a high level of freedom and autonomy, advocate for best practices, and can collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, architects and leadership to build a platform that engineers want to use. This is a unique opportunity to help build a platform from the ground up and set the standard for exceptional code and safe deployments for a large company.

What we expect of you

• You are a self-starter who can see the big picture and prioritize their work to make the largest impact on the business
• You are a technologist who can work with other engineers to plan, prioritize and perform assigned tasks within deadlines
• You can develop technical solutions in collaboration with other engineers across CVS Digital to ensure we're building an infrastructure platform with our customer's needs in mind
• You will lead the implementation of a self-service platform that enables engineers to deploy code safely, quickly, and easily
• You will keep an eye out for new and emerging technologies that improve performance, delivery, and the developer experience
• You actively participate in peer code reviews, providing feedback to your fellow engineers to make them better and to improve the quality of the software we deliver
• You enjoy automating developer pain away by developing APIs, CLIs, bots, etc
• You approach all engineering work with a performance lens and make it easy for teams to identify performance bottlenecks
• You find joy and pride in coaching and mentoring mid to early career software engineers
• You look for opportunities to share what you've learned with the broader engineering organization

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of overall backend development experience on enterprise class applications
• 2+ years partnering with architecture, product, and program management teams to influence product development decisions
• 4+ years of backend technologies, such as Java, Spring Boot, Golang, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, and large public cloud technologies i.e. GCP, AWS, etc.
• Experience with leading teams who follow a Scrum/Agile development methodology

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with backend API's
• Experience with industry cloud providers
• Experience with Java
• Experience with Golang
• Experience automating through scripting and/or CLIs
• Experience with observability for infrastructure services
• Experience training and mentoring other engineers
• Ability to understand the performance of a largely scaled infrastructure platform
• Ability to identify customer needs and pain points and identify solutions
• Ability to present the benefits and drawbacks of various architecture designs for infrastructure

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.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$124,372.50 - $247,200.00

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. This position also includes an award target in the company's equity award program.

In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company's 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off ("PTO") or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.

For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit jobs.CVSHealth.com/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 08/30/2024