Staff Software Development Engineer, AI Engineer, Frontend

CVS Health

Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $118,450–$260,590 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago
Closes: Aug 1, 2026

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This role $190k

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This role pays less than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $166,100–$231,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $190k versus about $199k 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 390 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $118,450–$284,280 across 115 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Development Engineer, AI Engineer, Frontend

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As a Staff Engineer in our AI-powered platform team, you will lead the development of next-generation conversational AI experiences using agentic systems. This highly hands-on role involves designing and building scalable real-time chat and multi-agent AI systems, integrating LLM APIs like OpenAI and Claude, and developing agent frameworks for workflow automation. You will collaborate closely with product, data science, and engineering teams to drive architecture decisions, coding standards, and best practices while ensuring observability and performance monitoring. Ideal candidates have over 8 years of software development experience, including at least 2 years building AI/LLM-based systems, strong skills in Python or Node.js (TypeScript), and expertise in distributed systems and cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure. Additional knowledge in Kubernetes, GraphQL, event-driven systems, and ML systems is a plus.

Skills

Python Node.js AWS GCP Azure Distributed Systems APIs Real-time Messaging LLMs Agent Frameworks RAG Kubernetes GraphQL Event-driven Systems

What you'll do

Design and build scalable, real-time chat and multi-agent AI systems.
Develop agent frameworks, orchestration layers, and workflow automation tools.
Integrate LLM APIs and enterprise tools into the platform.
Drive architecture decisions and coding standards for the project.
Build monitoring systems for observability, safety, and performance.
Mentor engineers and contribute to AI/agentic design patterns.

What we're looking for

Over 8 years of software development experience with a focus on AI/LLM systems.
Hands-on expertise in building scalable, real-time chat and multi-agent AI systems.
Proficiency in Python or Node.js (TypeScript) for developing production-level AI applications.
Deep understanding of cloud platforms like AWS/GCP/Azure and distributed systems architecture.
Experience with agent frameworks, RAG, and integrating LLM APIs into enterprise tools.

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