Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CVS Health is building a more connected, convenient, and compassionate healthcare experience through technology and innovation. The Staff Platform Engineer will define platform architecture and lead the development of scalable cloud-native claims data platforms, streaming solutions, APIs, and microservices. The role also drives engineering standards, operational excellence, architecture reviews, stakeholder collaboration, and mentoring across engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the technical architecture and engineering roadmap for the application Platforms, ensuring alignment with business objectives, enterprise standards, and long-term scalability requirements
- Design and implement cloud-native platform solutions that support enterprise-scale claims data ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, and consumption
- Provide technical leadership for data streaming and event-driven architectures, leveraging technologies such as Kafka, CDC, and cloud-native messaging patterns to enable reliable and scalable data movement
- Lead the design and optimization of data lake and transformation solutions utilizing AWS S3, AWS Glue, Spark, and related services to support Raw, Silver, and Gold data processing layers
- Establish engineering standards and best practices for application development, API design, microservices architecture, cloud infrastructure, data modeling, security, and platform reliability
- Guide the development of secure, scalable APIs and microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS-native services to enable governed access to enterprise claims data assets
- Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, and Business stakeholders to translate business capabilities and data requirements into practical technology solutions
- Drive operational excellence by defining and implementing strategies for platform availability, resiliency, observability, performance, scalability, disaster recovery, and production support
- Conduct architecture reviews, design reviews, and technical risk assessments to ensure solution quality, compliance, security, maintainability, and adherence to enterprise standards
- Mentor and develop engineering talent across Technology Platform Engineering and Software Engineering teams, providing technical guidance, coaching, and leadership to foster a high-performing engineering culture
Skills
- 7+ years of software design and development experience in enterprise data platform applications, including cloud-native architectures and Agile development methodologies
- 5+ years of experience with public cloud platforms with demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing cloud-native solutions
- 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting data streaming, data processing, and/or data transformation solutions
- 3+ years of experience with relational and non-relational databases such as technologies such as Amazon Aurora, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cosmos DB or Microsoft SQL Server and with ability to design scalable schemas, data models, and storage strategies
- 2+ years of experience in production operations support of applications and in using of observability platform tools
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale cloud data platforms on AWS using services such as S3, Glue, Spark, Aurora PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and related cloud technologies
- Hands-on experience building event-driven and distributed systems utilizing Kafka, CDC, microservices, APIs, and cloud-native architecture patterns
- Strong understanding of modern software engineering, DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, reliability engineering, and operational best practices
- Working knowledge of healthcare data domains, including claims, member, provider, or clinical data, and familiarity with HIPAA, PHI, and healthcare regulatory requirements
- Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives, influence architectural decisions, and deliver business outcomes across multiple teams and stakeholders
- Demonstrated ownership mindset with a track record of driving solutions from concept through production while balancing quality, scalability, security, and operational excellence
- Excellent collaboration, communication, leadership, and mentoring skills with a proven ability to foster a high-performing, inclusive engineering culture focused on accountability, innovation, continuous learning, and teamwork
Benefits
- CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above
- An award target in the company’s equity award program
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Paid time off
- Retirement savings options
- Wellness programs
- Other resources, based on eligibility
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