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 colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold themselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything they do.

Senior Manager - Digital Engineering

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.

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.

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.

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: $118,450.00 - $236,900.00

Benefits

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.