Senior Software Development Engineer

CVS Health

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
CT
Salary
$101,970–$203,940 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
5 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 29, 2026 (soon)

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Competitive pay

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $165k
This role $153k
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This role pays less than 63% of similar roles. Most pay $149,262–$181,250 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $153k versus about $165k 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 119 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $106,605–$260,590 across 115 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Software Development Engineer

The Senior Software Development Engineer - SRE, Retail and Pharmacy is responsible for maintaining, supporting, and improving the organization’s software applications and platforms. Working within the retail and pharmacy domain, this role ensures stable application performance by providing technical expertise across testing, deployment, configuration, monitoring, and issue resolution. Day-to-day responsibilities include diagnosing system errors, managing monitoring dashboards, performing routine health checks, and participating in release planning. The position utilizes Site Reliability Engineering practices to establish SLOs and SLIs. Key technical skills and tools include SQL, log analysis, and scripting in PowerShell or Python. Candidates should also possess familiarity with ServiceNow, ITIL 4 Foundation principles, and monitoring tools such as Splunk, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, or CloudWatch to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement.

What does a Software Development Engineer earn?

Median $169050 from 224 postings across 18 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Diagnose and resolve application incidents including system errors, data issues, and integration failures.
  • Manage and enhance application monitoring dashboards, alerts, and health checks.
  • Perform routine system health checks, environment validations, and log reviews to proactively identify issues.
  • Participate in release planning, deployment activities, and post-deployment validation.
  • Create and maintain knowledge base articles, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and runbooks.
  • Analyze support trends and user feedback to identify opportunities for performance and reliability improvements.
  • Support compliance and audit activities by collecting documentation and evidence.
  • Contribute to establishing and improving SLOs, SLIs, and performance baselines.

What we're looking for

  • 3–5 years of experience in application support, technical support, or a related IT role.
  • Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work collaboratively across technical and non-technical teams.
  • Self-directed, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities.
  • Detail-oriented with a strong focus on accuracy and quality.
  • Experience with ServiceNow or other ITSM platforms (preferred).
  • ITIL 4 Foundation certification (preferred).
  • Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Splunk, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, or CloudWatch (preferred).
  • Basic understanding of SRE principles including incident management, alerting, SLIs/SLOs, and observability (preferred).
  • Experience with SQL, log analysis, or scripting in PowerShell or Python (preferred).
  • Bachelor’s degree (preferred), or equivalent technical training or relevant professional experience (preferred).

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