Lead Director Software Engineering

CVS Health

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Work type
Remote
Location
Woonsocket, RIBoston, MAScottsdale, AZHartford, CTRichardson, TX
Salary
$144,200–$288,400 / yr
Posted
17 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Sep 25, 2026

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $219k
This role $216k
$127k most similar roles pay here $306k

This role pays more than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $192,050–$245,287 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $219k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About CVS Health

CVS Health is a leading American healthcare company operating retail pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management services, and a health insurance segment through Aetna, one of the nation''s largest health insurers. Industry: Healthcare & Pharmacy

CVS Health currently has 88 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $118,450–$284,280 across 84 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Director Software Engineering

Lead Director - Software Engineering (Health100 Platform) serves as a hands-on engineering leader on the Health100 platform team, focusing on digital health innovation. The role involves defining multi-team product and technical roadmaps, managing cross-functional teams, and overseeing integration strategies across various domains to address complex healthcare challenges for consumers. Key responsibilities include establishing engineering standards, mentoring managers and senior engineers, navigating architectural complexities, and leading initiatives in platform modernization and cloud migrations. The candidate will work with distributed systems, microservices using Java/Spring Boot and Python, and DevOps tools including CI/CD, Kubernetes, and Docker within GCP environments. Additionally, the role requires experience with AI-enabled software solutions to improve operational outcomes. This position addresses the technical challenge of integrating diverse health plans, pharmacy services, and provider data into a unified digital front door for healthcare.

What you'll do

  • Define and drive multi-team product and technical roadmaps aligned with business outcomes.
  • Establish scalable engineering standards, operational frameworks, and risk management practices.
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineering managers and senior engineers.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to translate strategy into executable programs with clear milestones.
  • Manage architecturally complex initiatives across multiple domains involving tight dependencies and external commitments.
  • Manage vendor and contingent workforce strategies while leading research in AI, cloud, and distributed systems.
  • Communicate technical risks and feasibility clearly to both technical and business stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of hands-on software engineering experience in large-scale distributed platforms with complex integration challenges.
  • 5+ years of experience leading managers and senior engineers through complex technical initiatives.
  • Proven delivery of large-scale, multi-team engineering programs including platform modernization and cloud migrations.
  • Strong technical depth in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures (microservices), DevOps, and GCP platforms.
  • Executive-level communication skills and success building/scaling high-performing engineering organizations and vendor partnerships.
  • Hands-on experience delivering AI-enabled or generative AI-integrated software solutions with measurable outcomes.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience hiring and leading distributed teams, data-driven problem solving, and healthcare technology solutions (preferred).

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