Senior Manager - Digital Engineering

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Senior Manager - Digital Engineering

Digital Pharmacy | Backend Platforms, Cloud & AI

Position Summary / Job Summary

This role is designed for a leader who has grown through engineering—someone with a deep technical foundation in software development, distributed systems, cloud platforms, and modern architecture who has evolved into a people leader without losing technical curiosity. The successful candidate will lead engineering managers, technical leads, and engineers while driving the delivery of scalable, reliable, and secure platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Build Strong Engineering Teams

• Lead engineering managers, technical leads, and engineers.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Develop technical and leadership capabilities across the organization.

Build Platforms That Scale

• Own backend platforms and services supporting high-volume digital experiences.
• Drive architecture decisions that prioritize scalability, resiliency, reusability, and long-term maintainability.

Turn Complexity Into Simplicity

• Simplify complex integrations across business domains, APIs, and enterprise platforms.
• Improve engineering effectiveness through standardization, automation, and thoughtful design.

Own Outcomes, Not Just Delivery

• Take accountability from concept through production operations.
• Drive improvements in performance, reliability, operational health, customer experience, and engineering efficiency.

Shape the Future with AI

• Champion responsible adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices.
• Evaluate and implement technologies that improve developer productivity and business outcomes.

Lead Across Boundaries

• Partner with Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and Business stakeholders.
• Influence strategic decisions and navigate complex organizational dependencies.

** Looking for someone to work in hybrid model in AZ office**

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated leadership responsibility for engineering teams.
• 3+ years of experience technical leadership, subject matter expert and people leadership with demonstrated ability to lead multiple engineering teams, engineering managers, and technical leaders.
• 5+ years expertise in one or more modern programming languages such as Java, Python, Node.js, or similar technologies.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, APIs, asynchronous processing, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience deploying and operating solutions on cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.

• Experience driving architecture discussions and making technology decisions that balance long-term strategy with short-term business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within healthcare, pharmacy, or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience with GraphQL and event-driven architectures.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development, AI agents, intelligent automation, or agentic systems.
• Strong background in operational excellence, site reliability, production support, and incident management.
• Passion for emerging technologies and practical application of AI to improve engineering productivity and customer outcomes.

Education :

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

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