Principal Backend Development Engineer

$144,200 - $288,400/Yr

CVS Health - Chantilly, VA

Full-time - Senior

Chantilly, VA

Health and Personal Care Retailers

About the position

The Principal Backend Development Engineer at CVS Health is a lead technical role responsible for developing and executing the Enterprise Solution Strategy within the High Visibility Enterprise Digital teams. This position involves creating a cohesive Technical Roadmap, developing Digital Enterprise Initiatives, and providing expert support to resolve complex issues. The role emphasizes collaboration with engineers and business leaders to enhance digital assets and improve overall performance in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Enterprise Solution Strategy for Digital Enterprise Initiatives.
• Compile and research technologies into a cohesive Technical Roadmap.
• Create Proof of Concepts to address customer challenges.
• Drive delivery excellence and partner with business and IT leaders.
• Provide expert level support to resolve complex issues and conduct root cause analysis.
• Identify gaps in current digital ecosystem and propose solutions.
• Promote reusability of APIs and maintain engineering excellence.
• Act as a trusted decision-maker for high-risk projects.
• Collaborate and discuss ideas to develop mindshare.
• Execute the path from prototype to production for features.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on IT experience in systems analysis, application design, and development.
• 5+ years of experience in building or leading large-scale applications.
• 3+ years of experience with enterprise cloud initiatives and solutions in GCP/AWS.
• 3+ years of experience managing stakeholder requirements and technical solutions.
• 3+ years of experience designing and developing modern microservices and APIs.
• 2+ years of experience with Kafka or open-source distributions.
• 5+ years of development experience in Java, Spring Boot, and some knowledge of JavaScript, AngularJS, and NodeJS.
• 5+ years of experience with Agile software development.
• 2+ years of experience with DevOps tools like Kubernetes, Argo, GIT, Jenkins, Maven, JUnit, Docker, JMeter, Antifactory.
• 2+ years of experience working on CI/CD Pipeline automation.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with distributed teams across multiple time zones.
• Experience researching technical environments.
• Health and wellness domain experience.
• Hands-on experience in full stack development with AngularJS and JavaScript.
• Experience developing user-facing features and apps.
• Ability to influence and inspire teams to align technical direction.
• Experience creating and executing roadmaps for scaling reliably.
• Contributions to open-source technology or patents.
• Ability to learn and work with emerging technologies in the Cloud/IT space.
• Ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Fully-paid term life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits.
• Well-being programs and education assistance.
• Free development courses.
• CVS store discount and partner discount programs.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays.