CVS Health
Lead Director, Software Development Engineering (Member Eligibility Services)
$144K–$288K
IL - Work from home · Remote · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in Healthcare IT, including 2+ years at Director or Senior Manager level.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer science, information systems, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
About the job
Leads the Member Eligibility Services engineering portfolio, overseeing its teams, production operations, and modernization from legacy systems to cloud-based services and APIs.
What you'll do
- Own strategy, architecture, delivery, release safety, incident response, and operational stability for eligibility platforms, APIs, and legacy systems.
- Lead teams through modernization, client migration, production support, and SLA adherence.
- Develop engineering leaders and manage vendors, contingent staffing, budgets, and cross-functional partnerships.
What they ask for
- 10+ years in Healthcare IT, including 2+ years at Director or Senior Manager level leading application/system teams on cloud technologies.
- Experience owning production-critical, high-availability APIs or systems, including release management and deployment safety.
- Experience leading legacy-to-cloud modernization or data migration programs and managing a mixed FTE/contingent workforce.
- Proficiency in cloud engineering fundamentals, including scalable, secure API and datastore design; experience applying AI technologies in engineering or operations.
Nice to have
- Experience with client onboarding or migration programs at scale and establishing Agile delivery practices across teams.
- Knowledge of CMS Medicare and PBM regulatory context.
Pay
$144,200.00 - $288,400.00 USD base salary
Tools
cloud technologies, APIs, datastore
AI focus
Partner with architecture and principal engineering on AI-enabled initiatives; apply AI technologies in engineering or operations.
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