Senior Platform Engineer, Data & Performance Enablement

CVS Health

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Closes in 7 days Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
TXARIDGAMTIAWIORWANew York, NYDCCTNERITNKYOHWVMDMASCMOUTAZSDPANHVTMNNMMICAMENDKSINNJNVLAMSOKALVAILNCCOFLDE
Salary
$83,430–$222,480 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 9, 2026 (soon)

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Below market

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This role $153k
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This role pays less than 69% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$214,850 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $153k versus about $183k 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 81 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $106,605–$260,590 across 80 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Platform Engineer, Data & Performance Enablement

As a Senior Platform Engineer, Data & Performance Enablement, you will join the Data & Performance Enablement team to design and implement platforms managing distributed event streaming technologies. You will own the development of key features for database, messaging, and data warehouse platforms while building automation for provisioning, backups, and user management. Your daily work involves troubleshooting complex performance issues, improving data streaming services, security, and scalability, and mentoring junior engineers on query optimization and DBRE principles. The role requires expertise in Kafka, Redis, Infrastructure as Code, and scripting languages like Bash or Python. You will also utilize major cloud providers such as Azure or AWS and potentially use GitHub Actions for pipeline technologies. This position focuses on enabling engineering teams to build high-performance, data-intensive applications within a complex distributed systems environment.

What you'll do

  • Design, build, and maintain automated components for data platform provisioning, backups, and user management.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex performance and reliability issues within distributed data systems.
  • Develop and manage features for database, messaging, and data warehouse platforms.
  • Improve data streaming services regarding security, scalability, and automation.
  • Mentor junior engineers on database administration, query optimization, and DBRE principles.
  • Research new data technologies and propose innovative solutions to contribute to the technical roadmap.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to support critical data infrastructure services.

What we're looking for

  • 5 years of applicable experience.
  • Strong experience with messaging platforms such as Kafka or Redis.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Proficiency in at least one scripting language, such as Bash or Python.
  • Solid experience with at least one major cloud provider and their managed offerings (Azure or AWS preferred).
  • A product mindset and empathy for developer customers, including experience designing scalable data models (preferred).
  • A pragmatic approach to problem-solving and a proven ability to deliver complex technical projects (preferred).
  • Experience with GitHub Actions or similar pipeline technologies (preferred).
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

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