Lead Director Software Engineering, Modernization & Reliability

CVS Health

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Richardson, TX
Salary
$144,200–$288,400 / yr
Posted
30 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Sep 28, 2026

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Similar $241k
This role $216k
$127k most similar roles pay here $306k

This role pays less than 57% of similar roles. Most pay $208,800–$272,810 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $241k for comparable roles.

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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, Modernization & Reliability

Lead Director – Software Engineering (Modernization & Reliability) serves as a critical leadership role within the adjudication technology organization at Caremark. This position provides strategic and tactical engineering leadership to manage teams of engineers, product leads, and quality engineers while overseeing both legacy IBMi AS400 systems and modern cloud platforms including GCP and Azure. The role focuses on driving modernization and automation initiatives, such as API development and platform migrations, while integrating AI technologies like OpenAI and Gemini into business processes. Key responsibilities include managing technical debt, establishing SRE strategies for observability and reliability, and overseeing CI/CD pipelines in partnership with DevOps teams. The candidate will manage full-stack developers using Angular and Java, as well as RPG developers, to solve complex problems within the pharmacy benefit management domain while ensuring high standards for software delivery and operational excellence.

What you'll do

  • Provide strategic and tactical engineering leadership including delivery plans, roadmaps, and operational excellence initiatives.
  • Oversee engineering teams operating on both legacy IBMi AS400 systems and modern cloud platforms like GCP and Azure.
  • Drive modernization and automation initiatives such as API development, platform migrations, and AI integration.
  • Provide strategic direction for the SRE function to improve observability, monitoring, and system reliability.
  • Partner with DevOps and Platform teams to ensure safe, automated, and scalable CI/CD pipelines.
  • Manage vendor relationships and oversee the performance of both onsite and offshore resources.
  • Define OKRs and KPIs while providing executive-level reporting on metrics and project progress.
  • Translate business requirements into an actionable engineering backlog and remove blockers for technical teams.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years of Information Technology experience across various platforms, including leadership and development management.
  • 10+ years of experience in IT principles, development methodologies, and the use of platforms, applications, or software products.
  • 8+ years of hands-on development experience across multiple technological platforms.
  • 8+ years of experience leading large or multiple application teams to deliver projects while managing employees and vendor relationships.
  • 8+ years of experience managing customer expectations and building strong relationships.
  • Preferred background in Health Care and Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM).
  • Experience with IBMi AS400, GCP/Azure platforms, Angular, Java, RPG, and AI technologies like OpenAI or Gemini.

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