Senior Manager - Software Development Engineering

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.

SUMMARY CVS Health Digital is looking for hands-on, passionate people who want to join a high energy and growing team to make a difference in customers’ lives and who want to be on the forefront of digital innovation that aims to reinvent what a pharmacy and a health care company can be in the digital world. Currently, we are seeking Senior Manager – Software Development Engineering who will lead and manage a team of software engineers, providing hands-on technical direction, architecture guidance, and mentorship while establishing measurable engineering goals aligned with business outcomes. This Senior Engineering Manager will also drive technical strategy and execution for software initiatives by defining system requirements, architecture, timelines, and deliverables. ** Due to the nature of this role, the location requirement for this role is for this Engineering Leader to be in our Woonsocket, RI headquarters 2 days per week ** Expectation For The Role: Own risk mitigation and production stability by proactively identifying system vulnerabilities, leading root cause analysis, and driving timely resolution of complex production issues to ensure high availability and minimal downtime Oversee the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements engineering, system design, development, testing, and deployment, ensuring adherence to modern engineering standards, secure coding practices, and scalable architecture principles Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data, Infrastructure, and business stakeholders to translate functional requirements into technical solutions, align priorities, and resolve dependencies while maintaining efficient delivery pipelines Continuously evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, frameworks, and engineering best practices, leading innovation through proof-of-concepts and informed technology selection to enhance system performance and developer productivity Build and develop high-performing engineering teams by hiring top talent, conducting technical performance evaluations, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, and knowledge sharing Provide leadership for Digital initiatives/digital transformation for ecommerce leveraging Java/J2EE stack, Microservices, Open source frameworks, Cloud Ability to understand big picture, while implementing at the detail level Analytical thinking - able to simplify complex problems, processes or projects into component parts explore and evaluate them systematically Strategic thinking – able to identify a vision along with the plans, which need to be implemented to meet the end goal, evaluating situations, decisions and issues in the short, medium and long term Assist in technical and security audits and ensure audit recommendations are implemented Be an advocate of security best practices, champion and support the importance of security within engineering, partnering with Digital and Enterprise security teams and digital product owners to ensure compliance REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS 7+ years of overall software engineering experience with at least 5+ years of experience of leading projects or managing directs 7+ years of experience using and/or managing projects using Java, Spring boot, Kafka to build/deploy, and maintain software applications using cloud platforms 3+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams without direct authority, including documented collaboration with engineering, architecture, security, and business