Staff Software Engineer
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This role pays less than 69% of similar roles. Most pay $186,981–$242,312 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $195k versus about $215k for comparable roles.
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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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As a Staff Software Development Engineer, you will join the digital engineering team to design, develop, and implement complex software applications and systems. You will serve as a technical lead responsible for architecting solutions, conducting system testing and debugging, and driving operational excellence through automation and reliability improvements. Your daily work involves resolving root-cause issues, enhancing observability, and ensuring that all applications meet strict availability, compliance, audit, and supportability standards. The role requires advanced expertise in C/C++ or .NET, along with experience in Linux and Windows environments using GitHub. You will apply a solid foundation in object-oriented programming, data structures, memory management, and multithreading to solve technical challenges. The work specifically involves the domain of healthcare claims processing, adjudication, or pricing systems to ensure high-performance application stability and reliability within the production environment.
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Median $197750 from 175 postings across 14 companies.
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