About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead the development of an enterprise-grade API platform, integrating with gateways like APIGEE, APIM, and Kong. This platform will enable rapid delivery of customer experiences at the scale of a Fortune 6 company, serving thousands of engineers and millions of customers.
Responsibilities
- Set OKRs with the team and ensure the health of KPIs
- Partner with leaders across engineering, business, and product to build a strategy and roadmap
- Collaborate with other teams across CVS Digital to ensure the API platform meets engineer's needs
- Keep an eye out for new and emerging technologies that improve performance, delivery, and the developer experience
- Hire and retain high performing, deeply technical engineers that care about building a great engineering culture
- Lead a team of front-end and backend engineers in building the API platform for CVS Health engineers
- Actively participate in the design and architecture process for new capabilities across teams
- Provide technical leadership, direction, clarity, and vision
- Coach and mentor team members and contribute to building a strong engineering culture
- Care about the mental health and well-being of the engineers on your team, creating a supportive and safe environment
- Care about the career growth of the engineers on your team, providing feedback and helping them set attainable goals
Requirements
- Proven experience designing and operating backend APIs at scale, especially GraphQL-based platforms
- Strong understanding of authentication and authorization patterns, including OAuth, OIDC, JWTs, and service-to-service security
- Understand business outcomes and drive technical solutions to help achieve goals
- Servant leader capable of rallying the team around a shared vision
- Advocate of engineering best practices, including test coverage, clean code, security, and a11y
- Data-driven and able to articulate the value the platform provides to engineering teams and CVS
- 7+ years of leadership experience, directly managing individual contributors
- 7+ years of experience building enterprise grade applications at scale
- 5+ years of experience with JavaScript
- 3+ years of experience with TypeScript and modern Node.js backend development
- Experience with API gateway technologies such as Kong, Apigee, or Azure API Management
- Experience with distributed workflows, asynchronous orchestration, or job-processing systems such as Temporal or similar platforms
Skills
- GraphQL
- OAuth
- OIDC
- JWTs
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- Kong
- Apigee
- Azure API Management
- Temporal
- Git
- Jest
- RTL
- Cypress
- Playwright
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- GHA
- CI/CD
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (Highschool diploma plus 4 years relevant work experience)
Salary/Compensations
- $118,450.00 - $260,590.00
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Paid time off
- Retirement savings options
- Wellness programs
About the Company
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
