Principal Software Engineer

CVS Health

Principal Software Engineer at CVS Health developing innovative real-time applications leveraging cloud technologies and analytics capabilities for healthcare outcomes.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeWellesley • Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $144,200 - $288,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptPythonReactSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

building best-in-class full-stack real time applications that integrate advanced analytics capabilities (predictive models, LLMs, vector search)
work on cutting-edge products, leveraging expertise in cloud technologies, software architecture
delivering impact quickly while ensuring code base and architecture are constantly maturing
exploring bold technical solutions to complex problems and then pivoting to scaling execution across millions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of software industry experience with 4+ years as a technical leader.
8+ years involved in requirements analysis, estimation within a formal SDLC.
8+ years of mastery with development languages (Python, Java).
5+ years leading technical architecture initiatives that impact many value streams.
5+ years designing and developing real time distributed systems to handle huge loads.
5+ years architecting solutions in any major cloud services, Preferable GCP.
5+ years with micro-services architecture, APIs, real-time system integrations.
3+ years of building Machine learning models and deploying them in production environment along with real time application integration.
2+ years of hands on experience building LLM pipelines using OCR and various LLM models like Claude, Gemini, GPT 4, GPT 4.0 etc.
2+ years of hands of experience on building UI components (React JS, Angular)

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, and vision coverage
paid time off
retirement savings options
wellness programs
other resources, based on eligibility

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonJavareal time applicationspredictive modelsLLMsvector searchmicro-services architectureAPIsmachine learning modelsUI components

Soft Skills

technical leadershiprequirements analysisestimationproblem solvingscaling execution