Staff Software Development Engineer

Job description

At CVS Health, we’re building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care.

As the nation’s leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues – caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate.

And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

**Role Description:**

Oak Street Health is a critical part of healthcare delivery.

Our platform is essential to enabling our value-based care model and integral to how our providers take care of their patients.

This platform includes our core domain services, the Canopy platform, our data and analytics platform, and much more.

At Oak Street Health, you will be influential in the development of innovative products that do more than just building scalable services.

Everything you do will have an immediate impact on the health and wellbeing of our patients.

As a software engineer, you will have an impactful contribution in the delivery of a new kind of platform for healthcare, one built specifically for the clinical team.

From design to implementation, you will partner with our stellar engineering, product, and design teams in a fast-paced, agile environment to transform ideas into a reality.

Utilizing modern methodologies and open source tools, you will be empowered to push the boundaries of development as we seek to deliver applications that will directly and immediately impact the experience of our teams and our patients.

There is no better time to join our rapidly growing team at Oak Street Health.

We can’t think of a mission any more motivating; and, with your help, we can drive change in healthcare for the patients that need us most.

**Core Responsibilities:**

+ Leads the architectural vision and system design for a sprint team using a modern technology stack with a core focus on reusability, scalability and performance at scale
+ Contribute to all aspects of SDLC process (SCRUM, Design, Code, Test, Deploy & Maintain)
+ Collaborate with Product, UX and other Engineering teams
+ Collaborate with Platform team and evangelize architectural best practices for scalability and reliability
+ Participate in code reviews and instill best practices on the rest of the team
+ Partner with product team to define the technical debt backlog improving maintainability
+ Mentor team members
+ Implement SecDevops best practices
+ Other duties as assigned

**What are we looking for?**

**We’re looking for a professional with:**

+ Bachelor’s degree in CS or related degree / industry experience
+ Experience leading an agile team in delivering products
+ 10+ years of experience building consumer-facing products using any SPA frameworks (Angular/React/Vue) and building restful API Services using JVM-based technologies (Kotlin or Java), APIs running in the cloud
+ Expert in distributed systems, cloud-based environment either in Azure/AWS using Docker/Kubernetes
+ Expert in “design first,” documenting technical designs, and being able to decompose the design into consumable stories for your team.
+ Must have experience with event-driven architecture, with Kafka being preferred.
+ Expert in unit and integration testing with ability to achieve 80% + code coverage.
+ Expert in building cloud native scalable microservices
+ Experience working in an Agile/Devops environment
+ Familiarity with our tech stack – JVM-based technologies, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Kafka, MongoDB, cloud-based blob storage, OpenAPI
+ US work authorization
+ Someone who embodies being “Oaky”

**What does being “Oaky” look like?**

+ Radiating positive energy
+ Assuming good intentions
+ Creating an unmatched patient experience
+ Driving clinical excellence
+ Taking ownership and delivering results
+ Being relentlessly determined

**Why Oak Street Health?**

Oak Street Health is on a mission to “Rebuild healthcare as it should be'', providing personalized primary care for older adults on Medicare, with the goal of keeping patients healthy and living life to the fullest.

Our innovative care model is centered right in our patient’s communities, and focused on the quality of care over volume of services.

We’re an organization on the move! With over 150 locations and an ambitious growth trajectory, Oak Street Health is attracting and cultivating team members who embody “Oaky” values and passion for our mission.

**Oak Street Health Benefits:**

+ Mission-focused career impacting change and measurably improving health outcomes for medicare patients
+ Paid vacation, sick time, and investment/retirement 401K match options
+ Health insurance, vision, and dental benefits
+ Opportunities for leadership development and continuing education stipends
+ New centers and flexible work environments
+ Opportunities for high levels of responsibility and rapid advancement

Oak Street Health is an equal opportunity employer.

We embrace diversity and encourage all interested readers to apply.

**Pay Range**

The typical pay range for this role is:

$106,605.00 - $284,280.00

This 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.

Our people fuel our future.

Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

**Great benefits for great people**

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be.

In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

+ **Affordable medical plan options,** a **401(k) plan** (including matching company contributions), and an **employee stock purchase plan** .
+ **No-cost programs for all colleagues** including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
+ **Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues** including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 01/26/2026

Qualified 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.

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