Lead Architect - Solution Engineering

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 has a bold agenda to transform health care and empower millions of customers on their path to better health. We are creating new solutions to make health care more accessible, more integrated, and more reliable for more people. We are looking for passionate, motivated people who want to join a growing team to make a difference in customers' lives and who want to be on the ground floor of innovation that aims to reinvent what a health care company can be.

The Lead Architect, Solution Engineering will be responsible for the business solution designs that includes working at the business unit level developing the most advanced end-to-end solution architecture for highly complex and significant initiatives in partnership with key business and IT stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide solution design and guidance to ensure that the solution adheres to PSS Architecture Guiding Principles and standards while maximizing reuse of technology assets.

• Actively lead and participate in the Architecture community to drive modernization opportunities for the advancement of PBM technology while keeping in mind the complexities of our IT landscape

• Providing leadership, coaching and guidance to App Dev, Technology Services and Solutions.

• Lead and drive proofs-of-concept and technology deep-dives specific to partner technologies

• Advise and assist App development teams with technical roadblocks such as performance challenges within a solution in key strategic initiatives

• Incorporate AI based solution design

Required Qualifications

• Technical skills in the following areas: Application and Integration Architecture, Domain Driven Design, Security and Automation along with a working knowledge of IT operations

• In depth understanding of APIs and microservices-based architecture

• Experience working with technologies that work as glue between modern apps and legacy infrastructure leveraging streaming platforms like Kafka

• 5+ years in overall design/development experience

• In Depth cloud platform knowledge with major public cloud platform including GCP, and AZURE

• 2+ years in hands-on AI/ML (including GenAI) experience and hands-on expertise with automating processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Health Care Industry domain knowledge.

• Experience in Care management domain.

• Experience in enterprise development tools and methodologies (XP, Agile) including DevSecOps

Education

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or related field required

• Master Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$118,450.00 - $236,900.00

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: 04/20/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.