Position Summary
The Principal Software Development Engineer is accountable for building and executing the IT technology strategy for the products within the Pharmacy domain, including ambient Pharmacy AI initiatives. This technical leader will join forces with business and product leaders to architect, design, build, and deliver a roadmap which drives our technology strategy and solutions forward in support of our products. As a Principal Engineer you will compile research and technologies across the organization into one cohesive technical roadmap to prove out solutions that address our colleague and customer challenges. You will have an opportunity to provide strategic leadership for the software development of our application products and services that leverage advanced technologies.
We are looking for an engineer who has the experience and the desire to mentor/guide team members while helping drive development decisions and assist with architecture design decisions. This leader will demonstrate executive level qualities, lead the conversation, have an eye for great design, hands-on coding as required and a knack for pushing projects from conception to end users. This leader will partner with Value Architects, Product, and Engineering teams to articulate the true total value of each technical solution and the overall business outcome.
*This position is hybrid; however, we are open to remote if candidate is not in close proximity to a corporate office location.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical vision, drive strategy around solutions, solve complex problems, and successfully execute across the Cloud, backend solution, AIML and more
- Act as an executive technical leader across strategic efforts, leveraging partners, technical leads, and technical expertise to better inform processes and outcomes
- Act as a technical owner across strategic efforts involving the Cloud, backend solution, AIML and more
- Partner with technical leaders within CVS Health and the open source community and contribute to product strategy, frameworks, roadmap definition, and requirements-gathering
- Contribute to developing key framework and components of solutions and provide technical excellence
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years' experience in systems analysis and application program development
- 5+ years of development experience in one or more of the following languages: Java, Nodejs, Scala, C++, Perl, Python
- 5+ years of experience with Agile software development
- 3+ years' experience in building Enterprise solutions and technical solutions
Preferred qualifications
- 5+ years of experience working across research and engineering
- Possess a track record developing in GCP/Azure or similar public cloud environment
- 3+ years' experience with AI/generative AI solutions and technologies
- 2+ year experience with Big Data Operations Support Systems (OSS) technology (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Ranger, etc.)
Education
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (High School Diploma and 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.