CVS Health

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 a Lead Software Development Engineer with CVS Health, you will lead multiple pod teams comprising approximately ~20 engineers in an onshore/offshore model (engineers, UX designers, and product manager) and work with the team to build high-quality, usable products to customers and stakeholders. This role involves creating work for different pods led by senior engineers, working hands-on with difficult features, and developing proofs of concept (POCs) to ensure feasibility and optimal solution approaches.

You will help educate both business and technology personnel on the development process and create products from discovery and framing through iterative development and delivery. You will also maintain a user-centered and business-as-priority approach in design perspective and practice. A firm understanding of Java development principles and agile methodologies is crucial for success in the role.

Responsibilities

• Work in a collaborative environment, contributing to Agile team
• Provide guidance and mentorship to team members
• Interact with business, product, and architecture teams to understand requirements and lead the design efforts
• Review solution / design / approach for different pods teams
• Design efficient and user-friendly software products to advance and support business needs
• Develop frontend and backend code utilizing test-driven development

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with enterprise solution delivery in a large-scale distributed software design environment, preferably in a J2EE development environment
• 7+ years of Java development experience while utilizing Spring Boot and/or Spring MVC
• 7+ years of experience with frontend development including Angular 8+, React, or similar
• 7+ year of experience using Agile concepts such as continuous integration (CI/CD) and test-driven development (TDD) with strong debugging and performance optimization techniques, including feature flagging.

Preferred Qualifications

• Cloud development experience
• PaaS and/or SaaS development experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$118,450.00 - $260,590.00

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.

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 our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.
• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 04/30/2026

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