Staff Software Development Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Rhode Island.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and manage backend microservices utilizing Java/JEE and Spring Boot.

• Create secure, high-performance, and resilient RESTful APIs.

• Implement event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka, including producers, consumers, schema evolution, partitioning, and consumer groups.

• Model and exchange data in JSON format with comprehensive validation, versioning, and backward compatibility.

• Construct and uphold CI/CD pipelines that include testing, static analysis, artifact promotion, and progressive delivery.

• Collaborate with Security and DevOps teams to embed automated security measures.

• Deploy and manage services on Google Cloud Platform utilizing cloud-native patterns, GKE or Cloud Run, IAM, and managed data services.

• Apply 12-factor app principles, infrastructure-as-code, and best practices in configuration management.

• Integrate backend services with EHR systems and healthcare data standards such as HL7 v2, FHIR, SMART on FHIR, and CCD/C-CDA.

• Ensure compliance with HIPAA, data governance, platform security, and encryption standards.

• Take ownership of production readiness, encompassing availability, latency, throughput, and cost efficiency.

• Diagnose and resolve production issues, conduct root cause analysis, and drive improvements in reliability.

• Implement structured logging, metrics, and tracing to enhance monitoring and incident response.

• Engage in architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical design discussions.

• Mentor junior engineers.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of professional software development experience with Java/JEE and Spring Boot.

• More than 5 years of experience in building RESTful microservices and distributed systems.

• Strong comprehension of REST API design, JSON data modeling, and OpenAPI/Swagger documentation.

• At least 5 years of practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and containerized workloads.

• Proficient in Docker; experience with Kubernetes is preferred.

• Over 3 years of experience operating production services in cloud environments, ideally GCP.

• More than 3 years of experience with Kafka or similar event-streaming platforms.

• At least 3 years of knowledge in security fundamentals, including OAuth2/OIDC, TLS, and secrets management.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (high school diploma plus 4 years of relevant experience).

• Preferred experience in healthcare, regulated systems, or large-scale data integration platforms.

• Cloud certification is preferred.

• Familiarity with Spanner, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, or comparable managed data services is preferred.

• Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and alerting systems such as Grafana and Splunk.

• Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• CVS Health bonus, commission, or short-term incentive program.

• Award target in the company’s equity award program.

• Medical coverage.

• Dental coverage.

• Vision coverage.

• Paid time off.

• Retirement savings options.

• Wellness programs.

• Additional resources supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being.