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.Position SummaryThis is an exciting career opportunity supporting a key enterprise initiative with state-of-the-art technology with Chatbots and AI.The Aetna IT Delivery organization, within CVS Health’s Data, Digital, Analytics, Technology (DDAT) organization is looking to hire a Principal Software Development Engineer - Technical Lead.This role will be advising a team developing critical applications in the healthcare industry. More specifically, the Technical Lead will be a vital contributor in designing and developing new applications and enhancing existing applications. The role of the Principal Software Development Engineer - Technical Lead may involve taking ownership of complex and crucial project tasks and guide teams of developers towards successful implementation.Core Responsibilities:
Design and develop world-class cognitive enabled conversation solutions using leading AI technologies to define low-level requirements; able to communicate solution design and product capabilities.
Embodying a deep technical expertise and thought leadership that will help accelerate adoption of conversational solutions.
Acts as lead technical contributor of business requirements to technical specifications.
Understands product requirements in Agile Features and assists the delivery teams with writing and breaking down Agile Stories and Tasks.
Oversees daily operations of multiple delivery teams which consists of onshore and offshore team members, and verifies all team members adhere to best-practices, including code reviews, unit testing, data handling (transmission and storage), identify process automation opportunities, etc.
Identify scope for testing, including performance, security, and accessibility testing.
With limited direction, supports the implementation of systems into production.
Identify and escalate issues blocking delivery.
Responsible for Code Asset Management for an application or set of applications. Supports and promotes the reuse of assets across the organization and identify enterprise-approved libraries and tools to accelerate development.
Will lead or function as a subject matter expert for the assigned project.
Ability to lead and support others to develop NodeJS and Java services applications, and share understanding of API interfaces within multiple technical environments and disciplines, which have system wide impact and that integrate across the organization.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning.
Effectively partner and navigate cross-functional teams, in a highly matrixed environment, including product owners, designers, and business stakeholders, to drive key initiatives and projects.
Driving continuous improvement in engineering practices, through automation, performance optimization, and code quality enhancements, including code reviews.
The successful candidate will have a strong work ethic, be an initiative-taker, and able to be highly productive in a dynamic, collaborative environment.
Required Qualifications10+ years of experience as a Principal Software Development Engineer or Technical Team Lead. Able to lead engineering teams in developing and testing software projects and working in a high-performance Agile environment.6+ years of programming experience with multiple programming languages with either of these programing languages: Java, JavaScript, or CSS, Python or HTML, Angular or React or Node.js.4+ years of API rules and integration tools such as Postman or Swagger or similar tools.6+ years of experience deploying applications to the cloud, integrated with cloud technologies (Azure, IBM, GCP).6+ years of experience with open-source automation servers with either Jenkins or Octopus, or GitHub.3+ years of experience leading development teams through CI/CD and Development Security Operations.2+ years of experience building conversational AI chatbots from scratch using AI, ML and NLP technologies and development patterns.Understanding of data security practice and having experience working in a regulatory environment, and able to understand the PCI data governance requirements and technical practices.Preferred Requirements:Presentation and public speaking experience to give presentations to software engineers, management teams, and other cross-functional teams.Analytical skills to interpret data sets and problem solve complex technical issues.Knowledge of IBM Watson and other chatbot development platforms.Education:Bachelor’s degree Computer Science, Software Engineering or Information Technology or equivalent experience (High School + 4 years relevant experience).Pay RangeThe typical pay range for this role is:$144,200.00 - $288,400.00This 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.In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit jobs.CVSHealth.com/benefitsWe anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 10/28/2024Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. 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.
