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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
119 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$106,605–$260,590
across 115 roles with salary data.
The Principal Engineer, Technology Transformation & AI Enablement joins the Aetna Technology team as a strategic technical leader. This role focuses on accelerating modernization, improving engineering effectiveness, and enabling responsible AI adoption across a complex enterprise technology portfolio. The individual will develop modernization roadmaps, establish technology standards, and guide engineering teams in transitioning legacy systems to cloud-native architectures. Key responsibilities include promoting DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering automation while identifying opportunities for AI-assisted software development. Required skills include expertise in distributed systems, platform engineering, and software architecture. The role specifically addresses the technical challenge of transforming large-scale legacy application portfolios into scalable, resilient, and maintainable systems while establishing governance frameworks for emerging technologies like generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation, and agentic workflows.
What does a Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $199471 from 30 postings across 16 companies.
Develop modernization roadmaps to transition legacy systems to cloud-native architectures and platform-based services.
Translate enterprise technology standards into actionable engineering guidance and implementation patterns for various business domains.
Establish and promote engineering standards, reference architectures, and reusable technology patterns across the organization.
Identify and implement AI technologies to improve engineering productivity, automation, and operational effectiveness.
Create governance frameworks and guardrails for the responsible adoption of emerging AI technologies.
Lead technical design discussions and architecture reviews to ensure security, resiliency, and performance.
Mentor senior engineers and architects while leading technical communities of practice and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
Serve as a technical escalation point for complex architectural challenges and modernization hurdles.
What we're looking for
10+ years of experience in software engineering, software architecture, platform engineering, or related technical leadership roles.
5+ years of experience leading large-scale technology modernization, transformation, cloud adoption, or enterprise architecture initiatives.
Deep expertise in enterprise application architecture, software engineering practices, distributed systems, and modern software delivery methodologies.
Experience partnering with architecture and engineering organizations to drive enterprise technology strategy and execution.
Experience evaluating and enabling AI-assisted engineering capabilities and emerging technology adoption.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and practical experience.
Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Business Technology, or a related discipline (preferred).
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