Senior Backend Engineer - Node Js, CVS Health

CVS Health

Location:
United States, Texas

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

92700.00 - 185400.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

At CVS Health, we’re building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care. As the nation’s leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues – caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

Job Responsibility:

Design and implement scalable CDN and caching solutions as part of our Edge Computing strategy
Contribute to architectural decisions alongside staff and distinguished engineers
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, DevOps, security, and platform teams
Ensure CDN configurations adhere to performance, security, and availability standards
Monitor, debug, and optimize caching strategies and edge delivery pipelines
Evaluate and recommend improvements to CDN observability and edge performance tooling
Actively participate in peer code reviews, providing feedback to your fellow engineers to make them better and to improve the quality of the software we ship
Provide technical support to product teams, advising on best practices and highlighting risks
Engage in continuous improvement projects within the team

Requirements:

5+ years of professional experience in software engineering
5+ years of hands-on experience with JavaScript/TypeScript
5+ years of experience with cloud platforms like GCP (preferred), AWS or Azure
3+ years of deep hands-on experience with CDN technologies such as Fastly, Akamai, Cloudflare, or Varnish
3+ years of experience working on solutions leveraging caching principles, including TTL, purging, ESI, and stale content strategies
3+ years hands-on experience with databases (relational and/or NoSQL), including query optimization and data modelling
3+ years of experience delivering projects from inception to completion, demonstrating ownership and accountability throughout the entire project lifecycle

Nice to have:

Experience with edge computing platforms
Knowledge of Layer 7 routing, WAFs, and edge security patterns
Experience integrating observability tooling (e.g., logging, metrics, tracing) into CDN workflows
Strong awareness of web performance optimization techniques (e.g., Lighthouse, Core Web Vitals)
Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform or Deployment Manager
Experience working on a project using mature CI/CD practices
Exposure to DevOps tools, processes, and culture (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, CircleCI, Git, GitHub Actions, Gitlab runners, etc.)
Ability to drive architecture and design decisions in collaboration with more senior level (staff, principal, distinguished) engineers
Familiarity with web application performance and delivery at the edge
Experience working with a source versioning tool, such as Git
Experience working as a member of an Agile software development team
Strong verbal and written communication skills demonstrating technical leadership
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

What we offer:

Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan
No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching
Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
June 14, 2025

Expiration:
June 20, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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