CVS Health · 9 hours ago
Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Clinical Authorization System
AZ - Scottsdale
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$118K/yr - $261K/yr
7+ years expCVS Health is the nation’s leading health solutions company, dedicated to transforming health care. As a Senior Manager in Software Engineering, you will provide technical leadership and oversee multiple agile product teams focused on building critical capabilities for the Clinical Authorization System, driving innovation and engineering excellence across the organization.
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Responsibilities
Lead engineering teams delivering secure, performant, scalable features across CAS
Oversee the end‑to‑end SDLC: design, development, code reviews, quality engineering, deployment, and support
Drive adoption of engineering best practices including clean architecture, modular design, code quality, and performance optimization
Ensure engineering teams consistently meet delivery commitments while raising quality and predictability
Partner with architecture to shape API‑first, microservices‑aligned, event‑driven designs for future‑state CAS
Guide teams through decomposition of legacy monolith components into cloud‑ready services
Define technical roadmaps and influence cross‑team engineering decisions
Drive innovation initiatives, promoting a culture of creativity, experimentation, and learning. This includes leveraging Artificial Intelligence in the automation and augmentation of clinical processes; leveraging FHIR/HL7 services to drive interoperability and electronic health record integration; and increase product development velocity using AI
Lead agile project execution across multiple scrum teams; partner with product owners on sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release planning
Identify risks, remove roadblocks, and ensure transparency across stakeholders
Support scaling ceremonies and multi‑team coordination frameworks (Scrum of Scrums, ART‑level planning where applicable)
Embed test‑first development: unit, integration, contract testing and automation-first mindset
Enforce security-by-design, secure coding standards, dependency hygiene, and API versioning discipline
Collaborate with DevSecOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering to ensure reliability, observability, and operational readiness
Mentor engineers and technical leads; foster a high‑trust, high‑performance engineering culture
Build career paths, support upskilling, and cultivate technical excellence
Promote psychological safety, constructive challenge, and continuous learning
Partner closely with Product, QA, DevSecOps, SRE, Data Engineering, and UX organizations
Communicate technical strategy and trade-offs to business and engineering stakeholders
Influence engineering culture across CAS through documentation, standards, and best practices
Qualification
Required
7+ years of software engineering experience, including enterprise-scale delivery
3+ years leading engineering teams or technical leads
Strong technical background in at least one modern engineering stack (e.g., .NET, Java, Node, Angular or similar)
Experience building distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-ready architectures
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, code quality practices, and secure SDLC
Strong communication skills and proven ability to collaborate across multi-functional teams
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required
Preferred
Experience with cloud transformation initiatives (Azure and/or GCP), containerization, and modernization
Experience scaling engineering teams in high-complexity enterprise environments
Familiarity with domain-driven design (DDD), event-driven architecture (EDA), and API-first ecosystems
Certifications: SAFe Agile, Azure/GCP Engineering, or similar
Domain experience in Pharmacy Benefit Management, Health Insurance, Clinical Utilization Management Products, or Prior Authorization
Experience in healthcare, retail, or pharmacy environments
Knowledge of regulatory requirements (HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP)
Benefits
Affordable medical plan options
401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
Employee stock purchase plan
No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching
Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility
Company
CVS Health
CVS Health is a health solutions company that provides an integrated healthcare services to its members.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4BKey Investors
Michigan Economic Development CorporationStarboard Value
2025-08-15Post Ipo Debt· $4B
2025-07-17Grant· $1.5M
2019-11-25Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
David Joyner
President and Chief Executive Officer, CVS Health
Chandra McMahon
SVP & CISO
Recent News
2026-01-25
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