Lead Architect

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.

Defines and drives enterprise-scale digital solutions by designing end-to-end architectures, guiding engineering teams through implementation, and influencing the overall technical strategy across the organization.

This role can work remotely from anywhere in the continental USA.

• →Architect end-to-end solutions balancing functional, non-functional (scalability, security, resilience, performance), and maintainability requirements.
• →Lead architectural decisions across teams — establishing design patterns, reference architectures, and technical standards.
• →Develop architectural maturity models and strategic roadmaps to guide teams from concept through production, including deployment and rollback strategies.
• →Define integration strategies across platforms and third-party systems, ensuring interoperability.
• →Establish engineering quality standards through review frameworks, test strategies, and resolution of complex technical issues.
• →Maintain architectural documentation (solution blueprints, ADRs, architecture diagrams) while mentoring engineers.
• →Partner with Product, Engineering, and UX to translate business objectives into technical roadmaps within agile methodologies.
• →Lead production incident response, driving root-cause analysis and systemic improvements.                                                                                     

• 8+ years in large-scale software development, with 3+ years in solution architecture or technical leadership.
• Strong proficiency in Java with architectural experience using Spring, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs. 5+ years collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders (Product, Engineering, UX).
• Deep understanding of OOP, design patterns, distributed systems, concurrency control, and parallelism.
• 2+ years hands-on with cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, or AWS) including cloud-native patterns.
• Mastery of architectural decision-making — evaluating technology trade-offs and applying best practices.
• Experience with AI assistant tools such as Claude, Codex, Cursor, etc.

• Experience with Node.js/NestJS, GraphQL (schema design, federation), and modern UI frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue) including SSR/CSR.
• Hands-on experience with auth frameworks (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, JWT) and API security patterns. Experience with microservices, event-driven architecture (Kafka), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and observability tooling.
• Knowledge of data architecture — relational/NoSQL databases, caching (Redis), and data modeling at scale.
• Understanding of regulatory compliance and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Openness to leveraging emerging technologies, including AI, to enhance architectural solutions.
• Pharmacy domain knowledge.
• Strong communication skills; experience mentoring engineers and driving outcomes across teams.

Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

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