Senior Engineering Manager

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.

Position Summary:

CVS Health's Aetna Digital organization is seeking a highly technical and people-focused Senior Engineering Manager to lead multiple teams responsible for building and operating the backend services and APIs that power our core digital health experiences.

This leader will manage a team of approximately 10-12 software engineers and will be responsible for delivering scalable, secure, and resilient platform capabilities that support millions of member interactions. The ideal candidate combines deep engineering expertise with strong leadership skills, driving technical excellence while fostering a high-performing and engaged engineering culture.

Working within Aetna Digital's product operating model, this role partners closely with Product Management, Architecture, Experience teams, Security, and Enterprise stakeholders to define and execute technology roadmaps that deliver business and customer value. This leader will also champion the adoption of emerging AI capabilities that improve both member-facing experience and engineering productivity.

Key Responsibilities:

Engineering Leadership & People Development

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 10-12 highly skilled software engineers, creating an environment of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning
• Establish a culture of engineering excellence through mentorship, technical coaching, regular feedback, and career development planning
• Drive workforce planning, hiring, succession planning, performance management, and organizational growth initiatives
• Foster an inclusive and engaging team culture that attracts and retains top engineering talent

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Provide technical leadership for the design, development, deployment, and operation of cloud-native backend services and APIs that support core Aetna Digital products and experiences
• Establish and enforce API design standards, engineering best practices, architecture principles, and operational excellence frameworks
• Partner with architects and senior engineers to define scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable solutions aligned with enterprise technology strategy
• Lead architectural reviews and technical decision-making, ensuring solutions meet performance, reliability, compliance, and security requirements
• Drive modernization initiatives, reducing technical debt while improving platform scalability, maintainability, and developer velocity

Product Delivery & Stakeholder Management

• Partner closely with Product Managers and business stakeholders to translate product vision into executable engineering roadmaps and delivery plans
• Ensure predictable delivery of strategic initiatives through effective planning, prioritization, dependency management, and risk mitigation
• Communicate technical strategies, tradeoffs, execution progress, and business impacts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Build strong relationships across Product, Architecture, Security, Enterprise Technology, and Operations teams to drive alignment and execution

Engineering Excellence & Operational Reliability

• Establish and continuously improve engineering practices related to CI/CD, automated testing, code quality, observability, reliability, security, and platform performance
• Drive adoption of DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, including monitoring, incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement
• Ensure systems meet high standards for availability, scalability, compliance, and operational resilience
• Leverage metrics and engineering KPIs to improve delivery effectiveness, software quality, and customer outcomes

AI Innovation & Future Readiness

• Champion the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices that improve developer productivity, software quality, operational efficiency, and delivery speed
• Identify opportunities to incorporate AI-powered capabilities into digital experiences to improve member engagement and personalization
• Stay current on emerging technologies, platforms, and industry trends, bringing innovative ideas that advance Aetna Digital's technology roadmap

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience building enterprise-grade applications and services
• 3+ years of engineering management experience leading software development teams
• 3+ years of experience with Node.js, Java, or Spring Boot
• 3+ years of experience designing, building, and operating cloud-native applications in AWS, GCP, or Azure

Preferred Qualifications:

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