Lead Java Software Engineer

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 is seeking a hands-on, driven Lead Java Software Development Engineer to join a high‑energy, growing team focused on transforming the digital experience of pharmacy and health care. As part of the Aetna Technology organization, this role supports and builds clinical and interoperability products that power our next‑generation platform. You will work with cutting‑edge applications, facilitate design discussions between architects and developers, optimize performance, and ensure high code quality through testing and reviews. Active engagement in Agile practices, continuous improvement, innovation, and knowledge sharing is essential. As a Staff Software Development Engineer, you will: Be a technologist and work with other Engineers in planning, prioritizing and performing assigned tasks within deadlines. Lead, mentor and work with a team of engineers onsite and offshore to deliver multiple use cases and products. Will collaborate with cross‑functional teams—including clinical product, interoperability, and EHR integration partners—to make design decisions, ensure performance optimization, and maintain code quality through testing, debugging, and reviews. Will be responsible for end‑to‑end application development & delivery, including production deployment, operationalization, and observability of services that support clinical workflows and integrations with major EHR systems (e.g., Epic, Athenahealth). Develop applications/web services and cloud native apps using Sprint boot , GCP, REST API and other tech stacks (Open source and proprietary). Unit testing using framework such as Junit, Mockito Build and deploy services using GitHub, CircleCI, Harness as part of CI/CD process in leading Cloud Platforms – GCP (preferred) or Azure or AWS. Monitor App health and KPIs, support triage of any production issues as and when needed. Be an advocate for and implementer of security best practices. Adopt and apply industry technology best practices. Partner with Product owners, business partners and peer groups for long and short-range technical solutions that meet business requirements. Analyze and contribute to project and business requirements based on product team milestones and priority. Participate in Program Increment (PI) planning meeting and lead the work distribution amongst developers to meet delivery timelines. Actively participate in Agile Scrum team activities including Sprint Planning, Refinement, Iteration Reviews and Retrospectives.

10+ years experience in software development lifecycle including ideation, coding, coding standards, testing, code reviews and production deployments. 7+ years experience with modern software development practices 7+ years of experience with Java, Spring, Junit, APIs using Spring boot and Microservices Architecture. 3+ years experience supporting Health care clinical applications. Experience with Kubernetes, SOAP services, IntelliJ and Devops: Git, Jenkins, Github Actions. 3+ years' experience in deploying and managing applications in cloud environments (preferably Google Cloud). 3+ years' experience building and operating large scale distributed systems. 3+ years' experience working in large scale applications, with large scale dataset & transaction volume. 2+ years' experience in creating/managing GCP storage Buckets, Data Composer workflow, Dataflow jobs, IAM (Service Account/Roles) Management. 2+ years' experience in data extraction,