CVS Health
Executive Director, Digital Engineering- Aetna Member Care and Journey Services
$175K–$335K
CT - Hartford · Remote/Hybrid · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years of software engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Master’s degree preferred.
About the job
Sets technical strategy and leads engineering teams building reliable backend services, APIs, integrations, and AI-enabled capabilities for Aetna member experiences.
What you'll do
- Lead engineering delivery and modernization of backend APIs, microservices, and cloud-native systems.
- Set standards and drive service stability, resiliency, observability, and enterprise integrations.
- Develop engineering teams and lead AI-assisted engineering practices and AI-powered member features.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of software engineering experience in backend systems, distributed services, and API platforms.
- Experience leading large engineering organizations delivering mission-critical services.
- Strong background in AWS cloud platform, microservices architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps/SRE practices.
- Experience leveraging AI, LLM-based engineering and operational tooling.
Nice to have
- Experience in regulated industries such as healthcare, financial services, or insurance.
- Experience building member-, patient-, or consumer-facing digital experiences; executive-level communication and strategic influence.
Pay
$175,100.00 - $334,750.00 (base salary)
Tools
AWS, microservices, CI/CD, DevOps/SRE, LLM/AI, serverless compute, real-time data streaming
AI focus
Make AI-assisted development standard across design, code generation, review, testing, and operations; build AI-powered member features such as personalization, intelligent routing, and automated decisioning, with privacy, PHI-handling, and human-in-the-loop guardrails.
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