Senior Engineering Manager API Platform

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate backend APIs at scale, especially GraphQL-based platforms
• Understand and implement authentication and authorization patterns, including OAuth, OIDC, JWTs, and service-to-service security
• Drive technical solutions to achieve business outcomes
• Set OKRs with your team and ensure the health of those with KPIs
• Build a strategy and roadmap with cross-functional partners
• Collaborate with other teams across CVS Digital to ensure the API platform meets the needs of engineers
• Stay updated on new technologies that improve performance, delivery, and the developer experience
• Hire and retain high-performing, deeply technical engineers who care about building a great engineering culture
• Lead a team of front-end and backend engineers to build APIs for CVS Health engineers
• Participate in the design and architecture process for new capabilities across teams
• Be a servant leader, rallying your team around a shared vision and knowing what they need to be successful
• Provide technical leadership, direction, clarity, and vision
• Advocate for engineering best practices, including test coverage, clean code, security, and accessibility
• Data-driven and articulate the value our platform provides to engineering teams and CVS
• Coach and mentor team members and contribute to building a strong engineering culture
• Care about the mental health and well-being of the engineers on your team

Requirements

• Proven experience designing and operating backend APIs at scale, especially GraphQL-based platforms
• Strong understanding of authentication and authorization patterns, including OAuth, OIDC, JWTs, and service-to-service security
• Experience with API gateway technologies such as Kong, Apigee, or Azure API Management
• Experience with distributed workflows, asynchronous orchestration, or job-processing systems such as Temporal or similar platforms
• Experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and modern Node.js backend development
• Experience with testing and proficiency with a testing framework (e.g., Jest, RTL, Cypress, Playwright)
• Experience with CI/CD practices

Qualifications

• 7+ years of leadership experience, directly managing individual contributors
• 7+ years of experience building enterprise grade applications at scale
• 5+ years of experience with JavaScript
• 3+ years of experience with TypeScript and modern Node.js backend development
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (Highschool diploma plus 4 years relevant work experience)

Pay

The Typical Pay Range For This Role Is $118,450.00 - $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.