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.
We are seeking a hands-on Tech Lead / Staff Software Development Engineer to join a high-energy team driving AI transformation across our product platform. This role will be involved throughout the entire development lifecycle — designing and building AI-powered application capabilities that empower engineering teams to develop, deploy, andoperateagentic AI applications at scale.
The role spans thefull stack: agent orchestration and backend services inPythonandJava, APIs, and front-end interfaces in Angular, usingLangGraphfor agent orchestration across cloud-native infrastructure.You'llbe equally comfortable in the agent logic, the API layer connecting it to the product, and the React/TypeScript frontend thatrendersit — andyou'llset the technical direction for how the rest of the team builds all three. This role requires the ability to deliver efficient, production-grade solutions whileidentifyingand mitigating risk before deployment.
The ideal candidate brings strong full-stack engineering fundamentals,a track recordof technical leadership and peer mentorship, and a genuine interest in using agentic AI to solve real product problems — not just prototype them.
Architect, design and build full-stack AI application capabilities — spanning agent backend services, APIs, and front-end interfaces — that enable engineering teams to ship agentic features reliably.
Lead technical design for agent-powered product features usingCopilotKitfor in-app copilots and generative UI, andDeep Agents-style architectures (planning, sub-agent delegation, long-horizon task execution) for complex workflows.
Instrument, trace, and evaluate agent behavior in production usingLangSmith, driving down latency, cost, and error rate through systematic evaluation rather than guesswork.
Drive platform scalability, performance, and reliability as usage grows — cost controls, concurrency, multi-tenant isolation, and infra choices that hold up under real production load. Experiencewith building,deployingand working hands on with Kubernetesenvironments
Support production issues across the full stack — frontend, backend, infra, and agent behavior alike: investigate, root-cause, and close the loop with tests, evals, andmonitoringso the same failuredoesn'trecur.
Knowledge of tools such as Splunk, AppDynamics,LangSmith,Arize.
Build andmaintainmodern web technologies across the product: performant, accessible React/TypeScript interfaces, well-designed REST/GraphQLAPIs, and the infrastructure that serves them at scale.
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, withdemonstratedfull-stack ownership (backend services, APIs, and frontend interfaces). Must have taken several Web/ agenticapplications to production
2+yearshands-on experience building and operating LLM/agent-powered applications in production — real users, real load, real failure modes, not just a prototype.
Hands-on experience withCopilotKit(or comparable in-app agent UI frameworks) — shared state, generative UI, human-in-the-loop patterns, frontend action/tool wiring.
Strong, current web technologies experience —React, moderncomponentarchitecture, browser performance, and accessibility — paired with backend skills inJavaandPython, and experience designing APIs that connect the two layers cleanly.
Strong communicationskills, written and verbal — this role requires translating technical tradeoffs for engineers, product, and leadership alike, and communication is treated as a core competency, not a soft nice-to-have.
Solid grasp of LLM fundamentals: prompt engineering, RAG, tool/function calling, context management, and the failure modes specific to non-deterministic systems.
Experience withadditionalagent frameworks (CrewAI,Mastra,PydanticAI, or similar) and a clear point of view on the real tradeoffs between them.
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$130,295.00 - $260,590.00
This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.
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.
Great benefits for great people
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. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 08/31/2026
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
