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.
We are seeking a strategic, hands-on Principal Software Engineer to drive the modernization of our Sales & Acquisition ecosystem, with a strong focus on AI-enabled, cloud-native platforms. This role will lead the design and delivery of a scalable AI-first architecture that combines traditional cloud services with AI Agent orchestration, LLM gateways, MCP servers, and domain-driven APIs.
The Principal Software Engineer will play a pivotal role in accelerating direct-to-consumer (DTC) growth, enhancing lead conversion, and enabling omnichannel engagement—while ensuring enterprise-grade governance, security, compliance (HIPAA/CMS), and performance at scale.
This role owns the technical vision for modern engineering practices, reusable platform services, and intelligent automation using AI agents and governed AI tooling, aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
Architecture & Platform Leadership
Lead the architectural vision and system design for the engineering organization using a modern, cloud-native and AI-enabled technology stack, with a core focus on reusability, maintainability, scalability, reliability, and performance at scale.
Define reference architectures and design patterns for AI-powered platforms, including separation of reasoning (AI agents), tools (MCP), models (LLMs), and transactional domain APIs.
Conduct architecture and design reviews, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security, and compliance requirements.
Domain APIs & Microservices
Design and implement domain-aligned APIs (e.g., Lead, Enrollment, Plan, Consent, Eligibility) using domain-driven design principles.
Cloud-Native Engineering (AWS)
ECS/Fargate, Lambda, S3, SQS, CloudFront, ALB
Implement back-end services using Java, Spring Boot, Python, or other modern languages within a microservices architecture.
AI Agent Orchestration & Intelligent Systems
Build enterprise AI agents for use cases such as customer guidance, plan comparison, lead qualification, policy interpretation, and assisted sales.
MCP Servers (Model & Tool Control Plane)
LLM Gateway & Model Governance
DevOps, CI/CD & Observability
Data & Event‑Driven Architecture
Engineering Excellence & Collaboration
Improve engineering processes, including coding best practices, Agile delivery, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and quality initiatives.
Stay current with emerging technologies, especially in AI, agent platforms, and cloud-native architecture.
Strong back-end development experience using Java, Python, Spring Boot, or similar modern frameworks.
Extensive experience with AWS cloud services, including Fargate, Lambda, S3, SQS, CloudFront, and ALB.
Experience designing or operating AI Agent platforms, MCP servers, or LLM gateways.
Background in healthcare, Medicare, sales, acquisition, or lead management platforms.
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$144,200.00 - $288,400.00
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.
This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 06/12/2026
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
