Staff Software Development Engineer

CVS Health

Closes in 5 days Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $118,450–$260,590 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Closes: Jul 3, 2026 (soon)

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This role pays more than 53% of similar roles. Most pay $142,450–$219,425 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $190k versus about $181k 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 417 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $118,450–$284,280 across 142 roles with salary data.

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Join us as a Staff Software Development Engineer on our high-impact engineering team dedicated to building next-generation intelligent platforms. As both a technical leader and individual contributor, you will design and deliver scalable AI solutions using Generative AI, LLMs, and agentic systems, focusing on prompt engineering, RAG architectures, model evaluation, and fine-tuning. Your day-to-day involves full-stack development with frontend frameworks like Angular or React and backend API services in Java, Python, or Node.js, while integrating these into enterprise-grade cloud-native systems. You will lead technical discussions, mentor engineers, and stay current with AI/ML trends, ensuring adherence to best practices in software engineering and DevOps. Ideal candidates have 7+ years of experience in delivering scalable applications, including full-stack development, microservices architecture, and hands-on expertise in Generative AI and LLM ecosystems.

Skills

Generative AI LLMs RAG Angular React Python Java Node.js Microservices RESTful APIs GCP RKE CI/CD Docker Kubernetes Prompt engineering Model evaluation Fine-tuning Vector databases Embeddings Semantic search Event-driven architectures Message queues Streaming systems

What you'll do

Design and deploy scalable AI/GenAI applications using LLMs and RAG architectures.
Develop and optimize AI prompts and evaluation frameworks to enhance model performance.
Architect end-to-end solutions integrating frontend (Angular/React) and backend APIs.
Integrate AI capabilities into enterprise systems using cloud-native microservices.
Build reusable frameworks for LLM evaluation, monitoring, and observability.
Mentor engineers and foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
Stay current with emerging trends in AI/ML, LLM ecosystems, and web technologies.

What we're looking for

7+ years of software engineering experience delivering scalable applications
Full-stack development expertise with Angular/React frontend and backend API skills
Hands-on experience in Generative AI/LLM-based systems and RAG architectures
Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and containerization technologies
Experience in prompt engineering, LLM interactions, and model fine-tuning
Ability to design end-to-end solutions integrating AI capabilities into enterprise systems
Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, and semantic search architectures

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